Pyun Hye-young was born in Seoul in 1972. She graduated from with a creative writing degree from Seoul Institute of Arts; and a graduate degree in Korean Literature from Hanyang Un...view morePyun Hye-young was born in Seoul in 1972. She graduated from with a creative writing degree from Seoul Institute of Arts; and a graduate degree in Korean Literature from Hanyang University. Her writing debut was in 2000 with her short story “Shaking off the dew” that was the winning entry in the Seoul Shinmun’s Spring Literary Contest.view less