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by Kim Bo-Young (Author), Sophie Bowman (Translator)
First the flood
Next the sickness
Last the change
Author Biography
Kim Bo-Young is one of Korea's most unique and important authors. Her first published work of fiction, a novella titled The Experience of Touch, unanimously won the award for the best novella at the Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Awards in 2004. In 2010 she published a two-volume collection of short stories, The Story Goes That Far and An Evolutionary Myth. 2013 saw the publication of her first novel, The Seven Executioners, which won the South Korean SF Award. Kim's work enjoys widespread popularity in Korea and has been praised by award-winning film directors Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho. She acted as a script advisor for Bong's 2013 film Snowpiercer.
Sophie Bowman grew up in the UK, where she studied social anthropology and Korean. After working and studying in Seoul for seven years, she moved to Toronto for graduate studies in Korean literature. Her translations include Kim Bo-Young's I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories (co-translated with Sung Ryu), and "Whale Snows Down." She also translates books for young readers, including Heena Baek's Magic Candies and Borders: Meeting Our Neighbors Around the World by Gudol and Haerang.
