RYAN SUNG is a Korean/Japanese American writer and musician whose work explores modern life, authenticity, creativity, spirituality, and the search for meaning in an age of infinite distraction.

Drawing from cinema, digital culture, literature, philosophy, and psychology, his work spans books, essays, music, and visual art, united by a lifelong fascination with the human condition and the forces shaping contemporary American life.  His voice inhabits a distinctly metamodern space, balancing sincerity with irony, wonder with uncertainty, and the timeless with the unmistakably modern.

His fiction blends the emotional depth of literary fiction with the conceptual ambition of cerebral and spiritual science fiction, using speculative ideas to illuminate the psychological, philosophical, and existential questions of everyday life.

A lifelong admirer of cinema, avant-garde art, and unconventional storytelling, SUNG is interested in the ways stories shape identity, create meaning, and help us navigate an increasingly mediated world.

Having spent much of his life between cultures and continents, he eventually found a home in Upstate New York, where he embraces a quieter, more intentional life while continuing to explore what it means to remain human in the 21st century.

SUNG is Korean for Sincerity.