Deborah Smith is working on a PhD in Korean literature at SOAS, University of London. She has translated The Essayist's Desk by Bae Suah, funded by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, as well as short stories by Kim Kyung-uk and Kim Ae-ran. She has also received translation funding from English PEN and the International Communication Foundation, Korea. She lives in London and tweets as @londonkoreanist.