No Seung-il (1943-) is a South Korean poet and baduk columnist. Since working as a journalist for the monthly magazine Baduk in 1969, he has published fiction about baduk. In 2000, he published Orin (올인All In), the story about Ch’a Min-su, a real baduk player, and the vicissitudes of his life. The novel was adapted into the TV drama series of the same title in 2003 and recorded a high viewership. Novel Orin (올인 All In) (2000)

Son Bo-mi debuted in 2009 when she received the Twenty-First Century journal’s New Writer’s Award and launched a full-fledged literary career in 2011 when she won the DongA Ilbo Spring Literature Contest. She has authored the short story collections Bringing Them the Lindy Hop, Elegant Nights and Cats, The Dream of Love, and Manhattan Fireflies, the novella The God of Coincidence, the novels Dear Ralph Lauren and Little Village, Children of Disappeared Forest, and the essay Everybody Lies. She has received the Munhakdongne Young Writers’ Award, Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, the Kim Junseong Literary Award, the Daesan Literary Award, and Yi Sang Literary Award, etc.

Gim Jeongbin (1953- ) is a South Korean novelist. He began his literary career by publishing a children’s story in The Chosun Ilbo in 1981. In 1982, he released his first children’s book, Gibbeumeuro bitnaneun namu (기쁨으로 빛나는 나무 The Tree that Shines with Joy), which was selected as an Excellent Book by the Korean Ministry of Culture. Published in 1982, his first full length novel titled Dan (단 Red), became a bestseller. He devoted himself to Buddhism in 1985, and began writing on themes of religion and philosophy among other genres. •Novel Dan (단 Red) (1984) •Novel Soseol gyeong (소설 경) (2012)

Hong Myung-hee (1880-1968) was a Korean writer, media proprietor, social activist, and politician.