Sim Kern

About The Author

Sim Kern is the New York Times bestselling author of Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation and The Free People’s Village, a USA Today bestseller and Indie Next Pick. Their debut horror novella, Depart, Depart!, was selected for the Honor List for the 2020 Otherwise Award. As a journalist, book influencer, and anti-Zionist Jewish activist, Kern has used their social media platform to share educational content about politics and power and has raised more than half a million dollars in direct aid for families in Gaza since 2023.

Books by Sim Kern

Real Sugar is Hard to Find

Stories

By Sim Kern
"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humor. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Genocide Bad

Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation

By Sim Kern
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A 2025 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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