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Grace Jung (정현주, born 1987) is a Korean American stand-up comedian, writer, translator and filmmaker. She is the author of the novel Deli Ideology, about a college graduate working in a delicatessen during the recession. She is the host of K-Drama School podcast. She is making her television debut on a new show on TBS. In 2016, her translation of 벌레 이야기 by Yi Chong-jun was published in Two Stories from Korea: "The Wounded" and "The Abject". Jung has also translated a collection of select short stories by Kim Tongin which was published by Honford Star in 2017 entitled Sweet Potato.