Seo Su-jin is born and raised in Seoul. She is a certified Korean language lecturer and has taught at several universities in Seoul. Her debut novel Korean Teachers won the 25th Hankyoreh Literature Prize in 2020. In 2021, she published the novella Gold Rush as well as the novel Yujin and Dave in Hyundae Munhak magazine. Su-jin now lives in Sydney, Australia, and her next novel Summer Hill High School will be published in 2022.

Ju Won-kyu (1975-) is a South Korean novelist. He made his literary debut in 2009 when his novel Yeoroeinjong janhoksa (열외인종 잔혹사 The Bloodbath of the Sidelined Race) won the 14th Hankyoreh Literature Award. He has published works that illumine the hidden aspects of the corrupt people by staring squarely at them, focusing on the main theme of people who live in a society made up of money and greed. Novel Yeoroeinjong janhoksa (열외인종 잔혹사 The Bloodbath of the Sidelined Race) (2009) Novel Baninganseoneon (반인간선언 The Declaration of Anti-Humans) (2012) Novel Gwangsinjadeul (광신자들 Fanatics) (2012)

She is a writer and multimedia artist. She is the author of the novel "The Intergalactic Transfer Station Hole-in-the-Wall" and the short story “For Those Who Buy Albums in the Streaming Age."

김진경(金津經, 1953~)은 한국의 시인, 소설가, 동화작가이자 교사, 언론인이다. 교직에 있으면서 시작 활동을 시작하였고 시인으로 출발하여 소설가, 동화작가 등 다양만 면에서 적지 않은 업적을 남기고 있으며 최근에는 언론인으로도 활약 중이다. 2006년에는 판타지 동화 《고양이 학교》로 한국 작품으로는 처음으로 프랑스 아동 청소년 문학상인 앵코륍티블상1)을 수상하였고 이것을 계기로 〈2006 화제의 인물〉로 선정되기도 하였다.2)

Ha Seong-nan (born 1967) is a Korean novelist. She has embodied the fragmentized mentality of modern men through careful and detailed descriptions. Her works are recognized for dealing with the loneliness and isolation of the contemporary men, while sympathizing and comforting them at the same time.[1] She is considered one of the indispensable figures when talking about the Korean short stories that have been published since the 2000s.[2]