Ku Kyeong-mi was born in 1972. A member of literary coterie Work (작업), she began to write fiction in 1996 and debuted through the Kyounghyang Daily Literary Contest. Ku’s fiction deals with people who live out their lives on the margins, those who’ve lost their purpose in life and must endure the remainder of their listless days. Her primary focus tends to be those who were laid off during the many restructurings at the turn of the millennium, giving her work a weight that her more form-conscious cohorts may lack. She has published novels targeted at young adult readers since 2012.

Kim Ae-ran (born 1980) is a South Korean writer.

한은선은 한국의 동화작가다. 1995년 월간 [문학]에 동화가 당선되어 데뷔했다. 2012년 한국출판공로상을 수상했다. 작가는 이야기 시리즈를 통해 아이들에게 그리스 신화와 이솝이야기 등 고전들을 현대적으로 해석하여 출간하고 있다.

Born in Punggi, North Gyeonsang Province, South Korea, Mi-ae Seo is a Korean writer and dramatist. After majoring in Korean literature at university, she debuted as a novelist in 1994 when her short story “30 Ways to Kill Your Husband” won the Annual Spring Literary Contest. She writes thriller books, TV scripts, and screenplays. Seo’s screenwriting credits include the animation film “My Beautiful Girl, Mari” (Grand Prix Winner at the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival), “Temptation of Eve—Kiss”, and “Temptation of Eve--Technique of Her Own”. Her novel “Happy Killers” was adapted into a film titled “Hello, Murderer”. In addition, she wrote the scripts for the TV series “Never on Sunday”, “Into the Storm”, “Detective Q”, “30 Ways to Kill Your Husband”, and “Hello, Murderer”. In 2009, she won the Korean Detective Literature Award (Grand Prize) for "The Doll’s Garden”. Her 2010 novel “The Only Child” has been translated into multiple languages and introduced in sixteen countries around the world. Her most recent novel “Every Secret Has a Name” (the sequel to “The Only Child”) has been published in Korea and France.