Often called the Korean Stephen King or Raymond Chandler, You-jeong Jeong is a contemporary novelist and literary sensation in the genre of crime thrillers. In her many runaway bestsellers, she has created a unique style that combines an irresistible narrative, intricate plotting, elegant sentences, and vivid descriptive passages that blend reality and fantasy. She engrosses her readers with complex and lively characters and an exceptional intensity. Further, her profound insight into the dark side of human nature has captivated readers in both Korea and abroad. For instance, the German translation of her Seven Years of Darkness was ranked eighth on the top-ten crime novels list in Die Zeit in 2015. She received the 2007 Segye Youth Literary Award for The Spring Camp of My Life and 2009 Segye Literary Award for Shoot My Heart . Two of her bestselling novels, Seven Years of Darkness (2011) and 28 (2013), were selected as "book of the year" by major bookstores and media outlets in Korea. Her four major novels- Shoot My Heart , Seven Years of Darkness , 28 , and Beautiful Demon (2016)-have been or are being translated into Chinese, French, German, Thai, and Vietnamese, and either were or are being made into films in Korea.