Chung Serang was born in 1984 in Seoul, Korea. She debuted in 2010 with the publication of the story “Dream, Dream, Dream” in the SF fantasy magazine Fantastique. Her writing usually depicts a world in which violence has become an everyday occurrence. Yet, the characters in her novels affirm individual good will and potential of ordinary people, and thus find hope in the end. Chung is the author of seven novels including As Close as This, and School Nurse Ahn Eunyoung and two short story collections: See You on the Rooftop and You Can Have My Voice. She has written the screenplay for School Nurse Files, an upcoming Netflix original series based on School Nurse Ahn Eunyoung. Chung is the recipient of the 2013 Changbi Prize in Fiction and the 2017 Hankook Ilbo Literary Award.

Kim Jay is a South Korean novelist. She made her literary debut in 2006 with the publication of Hunminjeongeum amsalsageon (훈민정음 암살사건 Hunminjeongeum Murder. She has been writing historical mystery novels and detective novels, such as Gyeongseong tamjeong Isang (경성 탐정 이상 Yi Sang, the Gyeongseong Detective) (2012), and she has drawn readers’ attention with new interpretations and imaginations of historical events and figures. She is a winner of the Korean Mystery Novel Grand Prize (2012). Novel Baekjegyeolsadan (백제결사단 Baekje Secret Society) (2007) Novel Gyeongseong tamjeong Isang (경성 탐정 이상 Yi Sang, the Gyeongseong Detective) (2012) Novel Bomnarui bada (봄날의 바다 Sea of Spring) (2016)

Kim Jinyoung graduated from the School of Film, TV & Multimedia with a concentration in filmmaking in 2010. Kim directed the short film Heredity of Taste in 2008, and won the Grand Prize in the 2010 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival with her short film Believe in Me, directed in 2009. While making short films and focusing on screenwriting, Kim became interested in novels as the sources of inspirational stories and applied to the story creation program at the Korea Creative Content Agency to write her debut work, Lies Hidden in My Backyard, which received outstanding praises from the judges.

Je Indo began her career in movie magazines and then worked as a lifestyle magazine editor before becoming a publicist. She received a MacBook as a birthday gift, which sparked her earnest foray into writing. She has since published five web novels, including Daeriin (The Agent). Jugeun Nampyeoni Dorawatda (My Dead Husband Has Returned) and Eonadeo: Tto Dareun Neo (Another You) are currently in the process of cinematic adaptation. She is exploring various genres with a foundation in mystery.

Since childhood, he had been drawn to the unlimited imagination of fantasy novels, science fiction in particular, and creating his own story was his long-cherished desire.