Kim Changgyu (M) is an sci-fi writer and translator. He graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Dongguk University and debuted in 2005 as the winner of the mid-length novel category at the 2nd Science and Technology Creative Writing Awards for his work Byeolsang. He has continued to release high-quality, short- to mid-length novels and has grown to become a representative author of Korean science fiction. In 2016, he published a collection of award-winning short stories, The World We Were Deported From, and a novel, The Legend.
Books translated by Kim include The Dual City, Glass Prison, The End of Eternity, and New Romancer. In 2014, he won the best novel prize at the 1st Sci-fi Awards in short- to mod- length novel category; in 2015, the dinstinction award at the 2 nd Sci-fi Awards in the same category; and in 2016 and 2917 he won the best novel prize at the same Awards for the same category again - achieving an unprecedented record of winning top prizes in four consecutive years.