Jeong Haiyeon was born in in 1981. She received the excellence award for Youth of 100 Days at the Korea Story Contest, the grand prize for An Investigation Record of Mr. Handsome of Bongmyeong Apartment in the YES24 E-series Contest, and tye gold prize for I Killed at the Detective, Mystery, Thriller Contest co-sponsored by CJ E&M and Kakao Page. Her works include I’m Going to Go Die Now, The Place of Flamingo, Double, A Man Who Can’t Eat, and The Kidnapping Day.

Jeong, who wrote romance novels in her twenties, became a thriller author with Double, which was praised as an amazing page turner and catapulted her to one of the rising stars of the thriller genre. Jeong, who likes imaging contemptible minds or malice disguised as sincerity, has been acclaimed for intriguing plots and excellent readability. In particular, The Place of Flamingo is an integration of her strengths and experiences throughout her literary career. The setting immediately brings readers into the story through sentences that flow as the outstanding storytelling creates tension and suspense with each chapter, along with attractive characters who shine in the well-organized plot, all of which clearly show the sweeping presence of the author as a thriller writer.​