Bio

You-Jeong Jeong is a Korean novelist. She won the inaugural Segye Youth Literary Award in 2007 with her first novel and the 5th Segye Ilbo Literary Award with Shoot Me in the Heart in 2009. Her novels Seven Years of Darkness, 28, and The Good Son were selected as “Book of the Year” by major media outlets and bookstores, gaining widespread acclaim. These works topped the list of major bookstores, have been published in 23 countries.  Her novels were made into movies.

Her other works include essays Himalayan Fantasy Wandering and On Storytelling, as well as novels Jini, Jinny, Perfect Happiness, and Eternal Heaven.

Jeong’s appearance is generously supported by LTI – Literature Translation Institute of Korea.