Lee Ji Hyeon (1962- ) is a South Korean children’s author. She began her literary career in 1999 by winning the MBC Original Children’s Book Prize in the novel category.

Born in 1955 in Gangeung, Choi Sung Kak is a Korean novelist. He studied literature at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Chung-Ang University, before winning the 1976 Kang Won Ilbo New Writer’s Contest and the 1986 Dong-A Ilbo New Writer’s Contest. In response to the Sanggye Incineration Plant crisis, Choi joined the environmental movement, and founded the environmental group ‘Grass Flower World.’ He has since created such new concepts as “samboilbae” (three steps and one bow) and “saengmyeongpyeonghwa” (life peace) as a way of expressing repentance and gratitude to non-human beings like birds, stones, and earthworms. He has received the Kyobo Environmental Culture Award and Yosan Literary Award. Choi’s published works include Sleeping Fire, A Taxi Driver, Buyongsan, Run, Streams, Fly, Birds, Birds Being Chased, Desire and Catastrophe, Gentle Breeze, and Trees in the Sky.

Go Daeyeong is a South Korean children’s writer. Originally an editor of picture books at Gilbut Children’s Books in 1995, Go published the picture book Jihacheoreul tagoseo (지하철을 타고서 Riding the Subway), featuring his children Jiwon and Byeonggwan, and continued to write other books featuring them. •Children’s book Jip an chiugi (집 안 치우기 Not Cleaning the House) (2010) •Children’s book Araseo cheokcheok eorini saenghwalbaekgwa (알아서 척척 어린이 생활백과 Do-it-Yourself Encyclopedia of Everything for Children) (2019)

The works of Han Kang have been enthusiastically received by both critics and readers alike for their profound exploration of human nature through the author’s delicate yet powerful writing style.