Kim Sagwa was born in Seoul in 1984. She studied nonfiction at Korea National University of Arts and debuted in 2005 by winning the 8th Changbi New Writer’s Fiction Prize with the short story “02.” Kim has published the short story collections 02 and In the Worse Direction; the novels Mina, The Grass Bends, NaB Book, The Poetry of Terror, In Heaven; and the essay collections Taste of Sugar and Days Below Zero. In 2016, Kim relocated to Manhattan where she lives today.