Jung Young-su was born in 1983 in Seoul, Korea. He made his literary debut in 2014 when his short story “Nights in Lebanon” won the Changbi Prize for New Figures in Literature. He has published two short story collections; Aficionados and Tomorrow’s Lovers. He has gained a wide readership for his astute depictions of discord between people and the world—based on his unique lyricism and deft humor. He won the Mukhakdongne Young Writers’ Award for two consecutive years—firstly in 2018 and then in 2019, and received the 2024 Hyundae Literary Award.

Sou Linne BAIK debuted in the Kyunghyang Shinmun Spring Annual Literary contest in 2011. She is the author of the short story collections Falling in Paul, Wretched Light, Summer Villa, the full-length fiction books Blinding Greetings, the novellas To Love and Be Loved, the short story collection Please Don’t Let This Night Disappear, the essay collection Tender Each and Everyday, A Happy Feeling I Haven’t Felt in Ages, amongst others. She has been the recipient of the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, the Hyundae Literary Award, Yi Haejo Novel Literature Prize, Munji Literary Award, Kim Seung-Ok Literary Award, and Young Writers Award. She has also translated many books including Agota Kristof’s The Illiterate, Marguerite Duras’s Summer Rain, Annie Ernaux’s A Girl Story, Françoise Sagan’s Toxic, and Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables.

Bang Hyun-seok (1961) is a South Korean writer and activist.

Lee Rury (1969-) is a South Korean children’s writer who established the picture book publishing company BookGoodCome in 2009 and wrote children’s books including Bukgeukgom koda, kkaman ko (북극곰 코다, 까만 코 Koda the Polar Bear, Black Nose), Kkaman koda (까만 코다 Black Koda), and Bukgeukgom koda, ho (북극곰 코다, 호 Koda the Polar Bear, Hoo). In 2014, Lee opened the picture book store Frederic Books and ushered in a boom in specialty picture book stores and independent bookstores. •Picture book Bukgeukgom koda (북극곰 코다 Koda the Polar Bear) (2010) •Picture book Jiguinege (지구인에게 Dear Earthlings) (2017)