Hwang Bo-reum is the author of the international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop and the essay collections Every Day I Read, Trying Kickboxing for the First Time, The Perfect Distance, and Simple Living. She lives in Seoul.
Shanna Tan is a Singaporean translator working from Korean, Chinese, and Japanese into English. Her translations include international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, Marigold Mind Laundry, and Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat, among others. She lives in Singapore.