Hwang Bo-reum
About
Hwang Bo-reum (Korean: 황보름) studied Computer Science and worked as a software engineer. She wrote several essay collections: ‘I Read Every Day, I Tried Kickboxing for the First Time’ and ‘This Distance is Perfect’. WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP is her first novel, which has sold over 150,000 copies in Korea and been sold into 9 territories. Before its release as a paperback, the novel was initially published as an e-book after winning an open contest co-organised by Korean content-publishing platform ‘Brunch’.
