1967년 서울에서 태어나 서울예술대학 문예창작과를 졸업했다. 1996년 <서울신문>으로 등단했으며, 소설집 <루빈의 술잔> <옆집 여자> <푸른수염의 첫번째 아내> <웨하스> <여름의 맛>, 장편소설 <식사의 즐거움> <삿뽀로 여인숙> <내 영화의 주인공> <A>, 경장편소설 <크리스마스캐럴>, 산문집 <왈왈> <아직 설레는 일은 많다> 등이 있다. 동인문학상, 한국일보문학상, 이수문학상, 오영수문학상, 현대문학상, 황순원문학상 수상. Ha Seong-Nan is a writer who presents a new trend in contemporary Korean novels. With elaborate and well-controlled sentences, she splendidly portrays the quotidian city lives and loneliness of modern people. Since making her debut, Ha Song-Nan has gained the attention of the literary community for her precise and hard-boiled descriptions of the routine of urban living, which go beyond the context of traditional narrative. Her way of observing and recording the micro world have earned her a reputation as a writer with original linguistic sensibilities among the young writers who launched their careers in the late 1990s. Ha won the 30th Dong-in Literature Prize.