Pyun’s works indirectly criticize the contemporary civilization through the descriptions of individuals who have become thoroughly incapacitated in the huge system.

Jaein Seol is a former high school math teacher and a professional writer. She is also an amateur boxer who she says has more passion than talent. She has written the short story collections Women Who I Made and Packing a Punch, the novels Three Shapes of Heart, Red Mask, If I Can Have Makgeolli With You, Our Mass, If I Come to You, Delete, The Campfire, and The Flooding Warning, and the essay book May I Throw an Uppercut?

Currently working as a software engineer, the author also has a strong interest in writing. The author won the Grand Prize at the 2023 Changbi×Cacao Page English Dult Novel Award.

Lee Chong-Kil is a South Korean novelist who studied German literature and philosophy in Germany, and is currently a postsecondary instructor of German literature in Korea. Lee has published novels such as Gieogui bada (기억의 바다 Sea of Memories), which deals with the trials and tribulations faced by Korean nurses who went to work in Germany, and Moeulbi saramdeul (모을비 사람들 The Moeulbi People), which concerns villages in the civilian control zone on the 38th parallel between North and South Korea. Lee was awarded the Hyun Jin-geon Literary Prize (현진건문학상) in 1990. •Novel Geurigo seoseo ureotda (그리고 서서 울었다 So I Cried Standing) (1991) •Novel Gieogui bada (기억의 바다 Sea of Memories) (2000)