Jae-Ha Kim is a New York Times bestselling author and syndicated columnist who has cheered on Hobbits battling Orcs in New Zealand, cooed over newborn lambs in Scotland’s Orkney Islands and rappelled down some of Colorado’s steepest cliffs…all in pursuit of a great story.

A voting member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, Kim has written for a variety of national publications (Amazon.com, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, Los Angeles Confidential, Playboy), as well as regional newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the San Francisco Examiner and the Chicago Sun-Times. Kim also wrote the first book about the hit sitcom “Friends” and is a co-editor of several travel books.

Her television experience includes Fox News Chicago, where she was an on-air entertainment critic. In addition, she has appeared as a pop culture expert on NBC’s “Today,” “Entertainmen Tonight,” A&E’s “Biography” and E! Entertainment.

Kim has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Kim writes about travel, pop culture, food, technology and the arts (film, music, television).

Go to www.jaehakim.com to read more of Kim’s work.