Kim Soom was born in Ulsan in 1974. Her major publications include the novels Women and Their Evolving Enemies, The Seamstress, L’s Sneakers, One Person, Did You Ever Dream a Soldier Would Become an Angel?, Nobleness Lies in Self-Examination, Are You Living As Yourself?, Drifting Land, and Listening Time; and the short story collections Bed, Liver and Gallbladder, Noodles, Your God, My First Goat, and Will I Be Able to Touch Wood?. Kim has received the Tong-ni Literature Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Award, the Hyundae Literary Award, the Daesan Literary Award, and the Kim Hyeon Prize for Literature.

Kong Jihui is a South Korean children’s writer who debuted in 2001 through Daehan Maeil in 2001 with the short story “Darakbang chingu” (다락방 친구 My Attic Friend). In 2003, Kong won the Gold Goblin Award for Yeongmoga sarajeotda (영모가 사라졌다 Yeongmo has Vanished), and in 2014, Kong was awarded the fourth Jamo Books YA Literature Prize (자음과모음 청소년문학상) for the YA novel Toktoktok (톡톡톡 Tap Tap Tap). •YA novel Toktoktok (톡톡톡 Tap Tap Tap) (2015) •Children’s anthology Uri yonghodongeseo manna (우리 용호동에서 만나 Let’s Meet at Yongho-dong) (2021)

Huh Keun-Wook (1930~2017) was a South Korean novelist.

Shin Hankyun is a South Korean pottery artisan and novelist. Shin carries on traditional Joseon-era bowl-making techniques and displays his works at domestic and international galleries. In order to recreate the lives of Joseon-era pottery artisans who mastered Joseon white porcelain, which contributed to Japan’s economic rise, Shin wrote the epic historical novel Sinui geureut (신의 그릇 The Bowl of God) (2008). The novel tells the story of a Japanese pottery artisan who was dragged to Japan during the Imjin War. It was translated into Japanese under the title Kami no utsuwa and became a bestseller. •Novel Sinui geureut (신의 그릇 The Bowl of God) (2008)