Ashe Han is a software engineer by day, an author by night, and a traumatized Korean gremlin at all times. She was an unnervingly gifted child, a deeply mediocre teenager, and is now a high-functioning burnout adult fueled entirely by the looming threat of ancestral shame. Because heaven forbid she be a human person instead of a résumé with legs.

Fun Fact: She’s also a published researcher under her government name, co-authoring cybersecurity papers with IEEE. They’re extremely serious papers that somehow still contain an irresponsible number of ninja metaphors. Engineering professors, it turns out, will tolerate anything if you’re funny enough.

Why does she write?
Because something howls inside her if she doesn’t. She writes purely to keep the unholy beast within from clawing its way into the daylight. And for every kid who was told they were “too much,” “too weird,” or “too emotional,” and decided to become a weaponized story instead.

In 2025, Ashe went full tragic poet mode and wrote three books while working and being in school full-time, sacrificing her sleep, hormones, and ability to perceive linear time in the process.

And they slap.
You’re welcome.