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A. C. Ahn wrote Hydrangeas on Fire, his first novel, while pondering what the moment before death is like. He writes short stories for both enjoyment and publication. His work, “The Dragon and the Snake,” won First Place in the Crime Category for the Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards. He splits his life between the San Francisco Bay Area and Seoul, Korea.

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Hydrangeas on Fire

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