Pyeon Hyeyoung (F) was born in Seoul in 1972 and graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts with a degree in Creative Writing and Hanyang University' Graduate School with a degree in Korean Literature. Pyeon made her literary debut in 2000 when one of her short stories received the annual Spring Literary Award by the Seoul Shinmun. Story collections written by Pyeon include Aoi Garden, To the Farm, The Wooing of Dusk and The Night Passes. Novels written by Pyeon include The Ashes and the Red, I Went to the Woods in the West, The Law of Virtues, The Hole, and Forcing the Dead. Pyeon has received various awards including the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, Today's Young Artist Award, Kim Dong-in Literary Award, Young Writer's Award, Hyundae Literary Award, and Shirley Jackson Award. She is currently professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Myongji University.