Ha Seungmin was born in Busan and lives in Seoul. He worked for IT companies and in financial business before he started writing to escape from his insomnia. Writing is the only hobby among countless other ones that survived to be his occupation. He gave up on his dreams of becoming a comedian and martial arts fighter since he turned out not to have the talents. But he couldn’t give up on music and occasionally writes songs and sings in a band. In 2020, he published his first novel Concrete, instantly captivating both audiences and critics. His short story collection Across the Universe received the 11th Simsan Literary Award Grand Prize, while his short story “The Face of a Person” won the New Love Contest