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Born in 1976 in Seoul, Koo Byung-Mo studied Korean literature (BA) at Kyung Hee University and worked as an editor. Currently a full-time writer, she was awarded the second Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction for this work. She was praised for its mature and lucid style—rare in a new writer—combining smooth development with a compelling plot.