Park Seolyeon was born in Cheorwon, South Korea. She made her debut by winning the journal Silcheon Munhak’ s new author prize and received the 2018 Hankyoreh Literary Award for her novel The Woman Who Climbed on the Roof. Her works include the novels Martha’ s Job and The Shirley Club, as well as the short story collections Your Mom’ s the Better Player and Me, Me, Madeline. She is the recipient of a 2023 Yi Sang Literary Award and the 2021 Munhakdongne Young Writers Award. She is based in Seoul, and A Magical Girl Retires is her English debut.
