Jeon Sungtae: Jeon Sungtae was born in 1969 in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, and studied creative writing at Chung-Ang University. His published works include the short story collections Second Self-Portrait, Wolves, Over The Border, and BURYING INCENSE;and the novel The Female Barber.
Sora Kim-Russell is a Korean-American poet and translator originally from California and now living in Seoul, South Korea. Her translations include Gong Ji-young’s Our Happy Times (Short Books, 2014) and Shin Kyung-sook’s I’ll Be Right There (Other Press, 2014). She teaches at Ewha Womans University.
Sora Kim-Russell is a literary translator based in Seoul. She primarily translates works by Hwang Sok-yong, Pyun Hye-young, and Kim Un-su. Her full list of publications can be found at www.sorakimrussell.com.