Hye-young Pyun made her literary debut in Korean in 2000 when she won the Seoul Shinmun's annual New Writer's Contest with her short story "Shaking Off Dew." She has gone on to publish four short story collections and two novels. She was received several of Korea's most prestigious literary awards, including the Yi-sang Literary Award in 2014 and the Hyundae Munhak Award in 2015.
