Kim Jinyoung graduated from the School of Film, TV & Multimedia with a concentration in filmmaking in 2010. Kim directed the short film Heredity of Taste in 2008, and won the Grand Prize in the 2010 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival with her short film Believe in Me, directed in 2009. While making short films and focusing on screenwriting, Kim became interested in novels as the sources of inspirational stories and applied to the story creation program at the Korea Creative Content Agency to write her debut work, Lies Hidden in My Backyard, which received outstanding praises from the judges.

Cho Woo (1966~) is a South Korean martial arts fiction writer. In 2000, he published Ariuseu jeongi (아리우스 전기 The Biography of Arius), which won the 1st Golden Dragon Literary Award Popularity Prize. He then went on to publish several popular martial arts novels such as Jilpunggeumnyongdae (질풍금룡대) and Howimusa (호위무사 Escort Warrior). •Martial arts novel Jilpunggeumnyongdae (질풍금룡대) (2001~2002), •Martial arts novel Howimusa (호위무사 Escort Warrior) (2003~2004)

The author Lee Doo-on made her literary debut with Sister in 2016. She has also published the full-length novel Burning Heart. She won the excellence award in the “Kyobo Bookstore Story Contest” in 2017.

Gim I-hwan (1978-) is a South Korean novelist. He made his literary debut in 2004 with Ebiteojenui yuryeong (에비터젠의 유령 The Ghost of Evithezen). He depicts events occurring within a virtual world or writes about characters who go on adventures as they cross the boundary between reality and fictional fantasy world. He is the recipient of the Multi Literary Award in 2009, Young Writers Award in 2011, and the SF Award for Novel in 2017. Novel Ebiteojenui yuryeong (에비터젠의 유령 The Ghost of Evithezen). (2004) Novel Yangmal jumneun sonyeon (양말 줍는 소년 The Boy Who Picks Up Socks) (2007)

Kang Ji Young is the author of titles including collections of stories such as Goodbye Paradise, Time for Dogs to Eat, and The Killer’s Shopping List, as well as full-length novels such as Quarantine Station of New Culture, Elza’s Ha-yin, Circus in the Dark Forest, Frankenstein Family, Yawning is Delicious, Pheromone Boutique, and The Killer’s Shopping Mall. She has serialized titles on Kakao Page and NAVER WEBTOON including Stiletto, The Witch Sawol, and The Killer’s Shopping List. The Killer’s Shopping List has been adapted into a TV drama by tvN, and The Killer's Shopping Mall will be aired on Disney Plus in January 2024.