Plada was born in Boeun, Chungcheong Buk-do. She graduated from Yonsei University with a Korean language and literature major and worked as an account executive at an advertising agency. She made her literary debut with the serial publication of her work I’d Like to Order You on Naver Webnovel. Her other published works include Everybody Has a Devil Inside, An Example of a Boyfriend, Teach Me, and A Hero in Ordinary Life. I’d Like to Order You was made into a drama in 2015.