Born in 1981 in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province and raised in Gwangju, Seo Hyo-in began his literary career by winning the Poet’s World poetry prize in 2006. He is the author of the poetry collections Behavior Guidelines for the Boy Partisan, The World War of a Hundred Years, Yeosu, I Hate Myself Because I Love Myself, There is No There, as well as other books, including, This Is All Because of Baseball, Welcome to the World, My Daughter, Anyways, It’s a Pop Song, and Picture Book for (a Better) Life. He has received many prizes, including the Kim Su-Young Literary Award , the Daesan Literary Awards , and the Cheon Sang-byeong Poetry Prize.