Im Chigyun is a professor in the Department of Humanities at the Graduate School of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies. With a doctorate in literature from Seoul National University, he seeks to find ways for classic novels to become more familiar to the general public. His works include A Study on Novels of the Joseon Dynasty (1996), A Study on the Classic Novels of the Jangseogak Library of Nakseonjae Collection (co-authored, 2005), and A Classic Novel Odyssey (2015), a book for an easy understanding of the classics, as well as The Black Wind, a novel based on classic novels, and Tale of Un’yeong: Why People Fall in Forbidden Love, and A Study on the Full-Length Novels of the Joseon Dynasty and The Novels of the Joseon Royal Court series.

Kang Munjong is an assistant professor in the Department of Korean Literature at Jeju National University. Kang majored in Korean Literature with an emphasis on classic prose.

Bu Yuseop is a researcher at the Institute for the Translation of Korean Classics. Bu majored in Chinese literature.

Jang Yuseung is a senior researcher of Oriental Studies at Dankook University. Jang majored in Korean literature with an emphasis on Sino-Korean poetry.