Born in Seoul, Chae Young-shin graduated from Ehwa Womans University, where she majored in education. She made her literary debut by winning the Rookie of the Year Award at Practical Literature with Hello. Her short story, A Table For Four was selected as 'the novel for the youths' in 2014, and in the literature sector of the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation's professional artists support project. Her works include a full-length novel, I want to(2020) and a short story collection, Picnic(2020).