Lee Kyung-hye (1960-) is a South Korean novelist to debuted through the Munwha Ilbo New Writer’s Contest in 1992. Lee examines the realities and suffering of young people in both regular novels and children’s books, taking a warm perspective on young people as they face the problems in their world. Lee’s 2001 children’s book Majimak bakjwi gongju migaya (마지막 박쥐 공부 미가야 Migaya the Last Bat Princess) was awarded the Baeksang Publication Prize for children’s publications. •Children’s book Majimak bakjwi gongju migaya (마지막 박쥐 공부 미가야 Migaya the Last Bat Princess) (2001) •Novel Eoneunal naega jugeoseumnida (어느날 내가 죽었습니다 One Day, I Died) (2004)

An Byungdo (1973~) is a South Korean novelist. He started his literary career by serializing short horror stories on the Internet. An has published historical novels set against the backdrop of ancient kingdoms such as Goguryeo. •Novel Gwanggaetotaewang Jeongbeolgi (광개토태왕 정벌기 Gwanggaeto, the Great Conqueror) (2007) •Novel Manworui nara (만월의 나라 Land of Full Moon) (2000)

이용범(1963~)은 한국의 소설가다. 1985년 《문예중앙》에 단편소설 을 발표하며 문단 활동을 시작하였다. 이후 창착집 《그 겨울의 일지》《꿈 없는 날들의 긴 잠》, 장편소설《얼음꽃》 등을 발표했으며, 철학에세이 《열한번째 사과나무1.2》를 출간하기도 했다.

Sunwoo Hwi (1922-1986) was a South Korean author and novelist.

The characters in Jeong Han-a’s fiction are all scarred people. Their scars often start from family relationships. In “Binbang” (빈방 The Empty Room), the father is having an affair, and in “Geurandeu mangsang hotel” (그랜드 망상 호텔 The Grand Illusion Hotel), the mother is an alcoholic. In “Opeunhauseu” (오픈하우스 Open House), the parents are so busy that they cannot really take care of what’s around them. In “Sinhaeng” (신행 New Behavior), the parents are dead. The child in “Geurandeu mangsang hotel” (그랜드 망상 호텔 The Grand Illusion Hotel) is unable to have normal relationships, and the child in “Opeunhauseu” (오픈하우스 Open House) has anorexia. The child in “Sinhaeng” (신행 New Behavior) marries a man who is certain to destroy her. As such, Jeong Han-a’s characters experience loss and scarcity, including the absence of family, lack of communication, loss of a romantic partner, and neglect toward reality. However, even as Jeong Han-a depicts the pains of such characters, she does not lose her optimism for life. The characters do not frivolously reveal their pains, or attempt to hold onto what they’re losing. They give up on things that they cannot do anything about, and do what they can. However, this doesn’t mean that they are powerless beings that succumb to reality. What is seen from the characters of Jeong Han-a is an attitude for autonomy in living life one their own, rather than limp compliance. To borrow the words of the literary critic Cha Mi-ryeong, “author Jeong Han-a has a small, but strong will, where she believes that even if she loses her ears and her legs to the brutal world, and end up on the bottom, she will still continue to dance, sing, and dream, and that she will start her life again with such belief.”