Han Seung-won (Hangul 한승원; born 1939) is a South Korean writer. He primarily writes about people who struggle against their fate in Jangheung, a county situated off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula where Han himself was born. Han’s work tends to have a strong sense of place; his stories are often set in his coastal hometown and contain the local dialect.

2009년 『문예운동』, 2012년 『한국소설』, 2015년 『동리목월』 신인문학상 수상. 2019년 성호문학상(본상) 수상. 2022년 BFC 부울경 스토리 IP 공모전 당선. 소설집 『별들은 이제 섬으로 간다』, 『독일산 삼중바닥 프라이팬』, 『모자이크 부산』(공저) 등 출판. 현재 경성대학교, 가야대학교 외래교수로 출강.

Began writing upon receiving the JoongAng New Writer’s Award in 2017. Notable works include the collection of novels In Another World. Winner of the 11th Young Writers Award in 2020.

Do Jinki is a South Korean novelist who was awarded the New Mystery Writers’ Prize by the Korean Mystery Writers’ Association in 2010 with the work “The Choice” (선택). Do also works as a lawyer, and takes inspiration from his work to depict the cases and themes in his stories. Do won the Korean Mystery Literature Grand Prize in 2014 with his short story “The Star of Judah” (유다의 별).

Ahn Dong-Min (1931- ) is a South Korean novelist. He made his literary debut in 1951 by publishing his full-length novel Seonghwa (성화 Flame) in The Kyeonghyang Shinmun. After his literary debut, he moved to Japan and published “Simryeongchiryo” (심령치료 “Treating the Spirit”), Simryeongjindan (심령진단 “Diagnosing the Spirit”), and “Simryeongmundap” (심령문답 “Catechism of the Spirit”), which received positive responses. He went on to publish some twenty titles on the same theme.