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.

Lee Donghyeon was born in 1988 in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do. He graduated from the Department of Creative Writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts and is currently enrolled in the Playwriting and Arts Specialist Program at the Korea National University of Arts, School of Drama. He began writing professionally through the webzine Biyu in 2018 and received the excellence prize at the 3rd “Nexus Novella Writer Award” in 2023.

Navigating through adolescence absent of aspirations, Kim Jeong often questioned the reason for her existence. Now, she’s evolved into an adult with a multitude of ambitions, and a desire for longevity to accomplish all her dreams. Kim Jeong is the recipient of the Grand Prize in the 3rd Changbi × KakaoPage Young Adult Novel Awards.

She initially ventured into romance, despite not having a natural affinity for it, just to awaken the romantic cells in herself. To her surprise, she became deeply engrossed in it and ended up making it her main pursuit. She especially adores the charm of historical court romance. While writing, she hopes that their culture seamlessly integrates into the fictional stories without distortion. Although she is still learning and has much to improve, she plans to explore various genres and strive to write stories that bring joy to many readers.

Cho Yeeun won the Excellence Prize at the 2nd Goldenbough Time Leap Fiction Contest with the short story “Overlapped Knife, Knife,” and the Grand Prize at the 4th Kyobo Story Contest with the novel Shift. She is the author of New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre, Cocktails, Love and Zombies, and Snowball Drive.