Kari Ferrell

Kari Ferrell is a Korean-American producer, writer, speaker, activist, and creator. Her work is centered around incarceration and the justice system, mental health, adoption, human rights, and other issues she feels passionately about.

Kari's memoir, YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE ME: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Other Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist received a rave review from the New York Times (also featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review), a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was named a Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Book of 2025. She is developing a scripted television program with Warner Brothers and Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, and has other upcoming television projects.

Kari’s production company, Without Wax, is dedicated to uplifting and telling other WOC’s stories, across a variety of mediums. Every project that she works on is done with the mission of moving the needle toward a more compassionate society.