Yang Kookmyeong began his writing career by winning the 1st Korean Internet Literature Award with his horror novel BNQ in 2002. He also won the Pukyong National University Literary Award and Digital Writer Award and was runner-up in the Ijakga Horror Novel Contest and the Korean Creative Novel Contest. He has published the novels BNQ, One Time, Devil Spirit, Gangnam, Horror Fiction, and The Hell Doll.