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Na Yoonah 

She received the best short story award from the 3rd Life and Literature Contest for “Swallowing a Peppermint Candy” in 2010, and in the same year, her story “The Lady’s Olive” also won an award from the Digital Writers Contest for Young Adults. She is the author of A Pianist at the Construction, Hello Nana, and A Beauty’s Rules. 

Beom Yoojin 

She made her debut as a writer when she received the Aspiring Writer’s Award in the category of children’s books from Changbi Publishers. She wrote Our Very Own Convenience Store Recipes, The Perfect Death of the Sunshine, and The Tasty Lunchbox Club. Her stories are also included in The Great Extinction, Cold Noodles, Super Minor League Hero, and That’s What Being a Fifteen-Year-Old Is Like. 

Woo Dayoung 

She made her debut when she received the Aspiring Writer’s Award from World Literature in 2014. Her books include The Sign of Night and Couples, Changmo, and When You Call Alice. Her stories are also included in Luckily We Are Out of School, Every Day We Are, In Each Other’s Country, See and Read Fiction: Summer 2019, See and Read Fiction: Autumn 2020, and Sixth Sense.

Lee Seonjoo 

She began her career as a writer after winning the Best Award from the 5th Munhak Mongne Young Adult Books Contest for her novel, Children Outside the Window. Her children’s books include Me and My Grandma’s Relay Dash and Just Betty, and she also wrote picture books including Yell, Run, and Write! And the Taedong, Let’s Eat series. Her young adult books include Beep! You Got Mail, The Best Timing for a Sixteen-Year-Old, and the Maeng’s Counseling Center series. Her stories are also included in Fingers Crossed for This Relationship, Click Anything to Reset, and That’s What Being a Fifteen-Year-Old Is Like.

Tak Kyeongeun 

She is from Seoul, and she studied Korean literature. She made her literary debut when she won the 14th Sakyejul Literary Award. Her books include Words We Share When We’re in Love and Runners’ High. Her stories are also included in That’s What Being a Fifteen-Year-Old Is Like, Ensemble, and Feminism for Girls.