Author You-Jeong Jeong won the inaugural Segye Youth Literary Award in 2007 with her novel My Life's Spring Camp and the 5th Segye Ilbo Literary Award with Shoot Me in the Heart in 2009. Her novels Seven Years of Darkness, 28, and The Good Son were selected as "Book of the Year" by major media outlets and bookstores, gaining widespread acclaim. These works have been translated and published in 23 countries, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Finland, China, Japan, and Brazil.