(English) Lee debuted as a writer by winning the Author World Best New Writer Award and has gone on to win the Shim Hoon Literature Award, the Hyun Jin Gun Literature Award, and the Shilla Literature Award. Lee graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree from the Korea Film Institute and is particularly interested in shifting narratives. 

Lee's collections of works include Snow in April and Gateball on Monday, while Jeans and Love was serialized in Brunch Book. Lee received funding from the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, the Seoul Cultural Foundation, and the Korea Culture and Arts Council's creative fund. 

The Beats, which won the Korea Creative Content Agency's New Artist Contest, is about the future of food and genetic engineering. Set in 2048, after the food wars, the novel spectacularly depicts the adventures of the main character who attempts to go undercover inside a mysterious city to track down his brother who had taken a job growing Alphacorn, a genetically engineered superfood that has freed people around the world from hunger. The book is rich in imaginative world-building that leverages the many advances in science and technology.