Born in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province in 1960, author Lee Hyegyeong majored in Korean Language and Literature at Kyung Hee University. She started her literary career in 1982 through literary magazine The World of Literature, and published story collections In Front of the House; Under the Flower Shade; Crack; and Without You; and novels A House on the Road; and Deep Night. She has received the Today’s Author Award, Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Hyundai Literary Award, Lee Hyoseok Literature Award, Isu Literary Award, and Dongin Literary Award.