Eugene Mok was born in Dongdaemun, Seoul, in 1981. Until 2015, she was involved in the film industry where she participated in the making of seven feature length films and documentaries. She continues to produce short films and music videos through her one-person production company Moknyunsa. Her poetry collections include The Birth of a Writer (2020), The Arboretum (2018), A Book on Romance (2016), and her prose collections include Walks and Relationships (2020) and Dysoctavia (2017). She runs the bookstore Sonmokseoga in Yeongdo, Busan.