Born in Gurye, South Jeolla Province in 1965, Jeong Jia completed her doctoral studies in creative writing at Chung-Ang University Graduate School. Jeong debuted as a writer with her full-length novel The Partisan’s Daughter in 1990, with her short story Goyomnamu being selected as the winner of Chosun Ilbo New Writer’s Contest in 1995. Her collections of novels include Happiness, Light of Spring, The Forest Speaks, and Enemy of Capitalism. Jeong also earned recognition with various awards including Kim Yoo-jung Literary Award, Simhun Literary Award, Lee Hyo-Seok Literature Award, Hahn Moo-Sook Literary Prize, Today’s Novel Prize, and No Gun Ri Peace Award in Literature.

Yang's fiction from the 1980s was informed by the prevailing spirit of social protest. Even though she did not adopt specific ideological positions, the belief that collective action can affect positive changes in people's lives still underpinned much of her works. As the prevailing mood of disillusionment began to supplant the earlier decade's fervor in the consumer culture of the 1990s, Yang's fiction underwent change as well.

정은궐은 한국의 소설가다. 2004년 장편 를 출간하면서 작품활동을 시작했다. 작가는 조선시대를 배경으로 당대의 젊은이들의 일상과 사랑을 작품으로 발표해왔다. 작가가 만들어낸 작품 속의 인물들은 독자들의 호응을 입어 드라마로 만들어지기도 했다.

Kim Dongsik grew up in a hillside alleyway in Yeongdo, Busan, and spent ten years working tirelessly for a casting factory, never missing a single day of work. In 2016, he started sharing his creative writing on an online community platform. The following year, bolstered by the enthusiastic support of his readers, Kim made his literary debut with the publication of three novels: The Gray Human, The Weakest Monster in the World, and 13 Days of Kim Namwu. The Gray Human has since sold more than 300,000 copies, shaking up the Korean literary community and captivating readers nationwide.