Agnita Tennant, nee Hong, was born in Korea and educated at Chong-ju Girls' High School and Yonsei University. She married an Englishman, Roger Tennant, and has lived in Leicestershire since 1964. She started translating Korean stories in the 1970S, and published a collection in 1972. She worked as a librarian for Leicestershire Libraries and Information Service until retiring in 1993. In 1990 she received a Ph.D. from Loughborough University for her study of Thomas Hardy's influence on Korean literature.

• Chapter 1 THE STAR, Yoo Jai-yong; Chapter 2 MY FATHER’S LAND, Im Chol-woo; Chapter 3 A THIN LINE, Yoo Keumho; Chapter 4 THE GUEST, Choi Hak; Chapter 5 SHE KNOWS, I KNOW AND GOD KNOWS BUT …, Park Wan-suh; Chapter 6 WHY THE SILKWORM DOES NOT LEAVE ITS COCOON, Yoon Chongmo; Chapter 7 THE POET OF WONMI-DONG, Yang Guija; Chapter 8 SNOWY ROAD, Yi Chong-jun;