Taeseon

**Taesun** (Korean: 태선; Hanja: 太扇; IPA: [tʰɛ.sʰʌ̹n]; Revised Romanization: *Taeseon*) is a masculine pen name of a South Korean female fantasy writer best known as the creator of the novels *Dusk Howler* (2009–2016), *The Dragon Master* (2011–2015), *Master of the Divine Beasts* (2016–2017), *Chitra* (2017–2019), and *Doctor's Rebirth* (2020–present) that received webtoon adaptations.

At first, Taesun wrote fanfiction based on anime, manga and novels such as *Slayers*, *Pokemon*, *Children of the Rune*, *SKT - Swallow Knights Tales*, *Ouran High School Host Club*, *Evangelion*, etc., and when her writing skills improved, she began to write her original works.

Her first official novel, *Game Master Mion*, began to be published by Balhae as a paperback series on May 25, 2006, and since then she has earned her living by writing.

Her official alias is Taesun (Korean: 태선), but she sometimes goes by the aliases **Park Taesun** (Korean: 박태선; IPA: [pak.tʰɛ.sʰʌ̹n]; Revised Romanization: *Bak Taeseon*), **Soraneko** (Japanese (Kanji): 空猫, *Soraneko*, *"sky cat"*), **Yoineko** (Japanese (Kanji): 酔猫, *Yoineko*, *"drunk cat"*), **Skycat**, **skycat86**, and **Steam Cat**. Park (Korean: 박; Hanja: 朴, *"calabash"*, *"bottle gourd"*) is a Korean surname, Taesun (Korean: 태선; Hanja: 太扇, *"a large hand fan"*, from Chinese: 太 , *"highest"*, *"greatest"*, and 扇 , *"a punkah"*, *"a hand fan"*) is a Korean masculine given name, and Soraneko, Yoineko, Skycat, skycat86 and Steam Cat are typical Internet nicknames.

None of her works have an official English translation, so different English websites have different English spellings of her name: Taeseon, Tae Seon, Tae-seon, Taesun, Tae Sun, Tae-sun, Teosan, Teo San, Teo-san, etc. Her *Chitra* webtoon received a licensed French translation, and the French description of this webtoon spells her name as "Taesun".

She is married to Seong Sangyoung (Korean: 성상영; IPA: [sʰʌ̹ŋ.sʰa̠ŋ.jʌ̹ŋ]; Revised Romanization: *Seong Sangyeong*), the author of *The Gamer* webtoon (2013–present) and the founder of the *Golem Factory* content company (2015–present).

## List of works

### Novels

#### Game Fantasy

* GM Mion (GM미온, "Game Master Mion"). Volumes: 6. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2006). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Daineomaiteu (다이너마이트, "Dynamite"). Volumes: 8. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2007). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Tanatoseu (타나토스, "Thanatos"). Volumes: 6. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2008). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Deoseukeu Haulleo (더스크 하울러, "Dusk Howler"). Volumes: 7. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2009). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Deoseukeu Haulleo 2 Bu (더스크 하울러 2 부, "Dusk Howler Part 2"). Volumes: About 5 (Note: This webnovel is not divided into volumes, but it is approximately equal to five volumes of the *Dusk Howler* webnovel in terms of number of chapters). Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2015). Genre: Wuxia, Action, Adventure.

#### Planet Atreia

* Hwansuui Juin (환수의 주인, "The Phantom Master"). Volumes: 7. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2010). Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Sillyongui Juin (신룡의 주인, "The Dragon Master"). Volumes: 11. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2011). Genre: School, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Gender Bender.
* Sinsuui Juin (신수의 주인, "Master of the Divine Beasts"). Volumes: 10. Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2016), Paperback (2017). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance.

#### Other novels

* Eunui Saseon (은의 사선, "Deadline of Silver"). Volumes: 5. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2007). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
* Chiteura - Minameul Ppomneun Yeobaekjak (치트라 - 미남을 뽑는 여백작, "Chitra - the countess who chooses handsome men"). Volumes: 10. Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2017). Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Romance.
* Uiwon, Dasi Salda (의원, 다시 살다, "Doctor's Rebirth"). Volumes: Over 30. Status: Ongoing. Type: Webnovel (2020). Genre: Isekai, Wuxia, Action, Medical.

## Trivia

On July 29, 2006, Taesun created her blog on the *Naver Blog* website and wrote the following in her blog description:

* **I am:** 태선
* **Keywords:** 하늘고양이
* **Likes:** 글쓰기 그럼그리기, 음악 듣기, 영화보기... 으음? 게임하기~
* **Dislikes:** 말만 앞서는 사람, 다름 사람 괴롭히는 것 좋아하는 사람, 끈적한 느낌
* **Wishlist:** 초 캐 사기 아이템

Translation:

* **I am:** Taeseon
* **Keywords:** Skycat
* **Likes:** Writing, drawing, listening to music, watching movies... Erm...? Play games~
* **Dislikes:** A person who only speaks first, a person who likes to bully others, a sticky feeling
* **Wishlist:** Super catching buy items

## External Links

### Official sources

* Official Blog, Mobile Version (Korean)
* Twitter (Korean)

### Authority control

* 태선 [Taeseon] at National Library of Korea - Linked Open Data (NLK - LOD) (Korean)
* 태선 [Taeseon] at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
* 태선 [Taeseon] at WorldCat
* 태선 [Taeseon] at International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI)

### Mentions on Wikipedia

* (Dusk Howler (webtoon)) "판타지 웹툰 목록" [List of fantasy webtoons]. Wikipedia (Korean).
* (Dusk Howler (webtoon)) "카카오 웹툰 목록" [List of webtoons on Kakao Webtoon]. Wikipedia (Korean).

### Wiki communities

* Doctor's Rebirth Wiki (English)
* Chitra (webtoon) at TV Tropes (English)
* 태선 [Taeseon] at Namuwiki (Korean)
* 琪拉的美男图鉴 (Chitra (webtoon)) at Baidu Baike (Chinese)

### Fan communities

* Memolog at Taesun's Blog at Naver Blog (Korean) (Note: Memolog is a section called "Memo" (메모, "a short note") on Taesun's official blog on the Naver Blog website. There are also memologs on other authors' blogs on Naver Blog, but the memolog on Taesun's blog has become a place of conversation for Taesun's fans, so this memolog is different from the memologs on other blogs.)
* 태선 작가소설, 웹툰 팬카페 [Taeseon's Novels & Webtoons Fan Cafe], also known as Goddragon86, at Naver Cafe (Korean) (Founded August 19, 2012)

### Spoiler threads

* Chitra Spoiler Thread at Novel Updates Forum (English)
* Doctor's Rebirth Spoiler Thread at Novel Updates Forum (English)

### Book review websites

* 태선 [Taeseon] at Sosul Network (Korean)
* 태선 [Taeseon] at Goodreads (English)
* Tae Seon at BookNode (French)

### Anime and manga websites

* Tae Sun at MangaUpdates (English)
* Taesun at Anime-Planet (English)
* Tae-Seon at AniList (English)
* Taesun at MyAnimeList (English)
* Tae Sun at AniSearch (English)
* Tae Seon at Nautiljon (French)
* 태선 [Taeseon] at Webtoonguide (Korean)

### Scholarly journals

* 김후인 [Kim, Hu-In]; 이민희 [Lee, Minhee]; 한혜원 [Han, Hye-Won] (January 18, 2018). "한국 가상현실 게임소설의 스토리텔링" ["Storytelling of Korean Virtual Reality Game Fiction"]. 한국콘텐츠학회논문지 [The Journal of the Korea Contents Association], Volume 18 Issue 1 / Pages.55-63 / 2018 / 1598-4877(pISSN) / 2508-6723(eISSN) (Korean). (This article analyzes the main plot features of ten famous Korean virtual reality game novels: "Legendary Moonlight Sculptor" (달빛 조각사, January 15, 2007) by Nam Heesung (남희성), "Ssaulabi Loon" (싸울아비 룬, September 19, 2007) by Gawi (가위), "Life Cry" (라이프 크라이, July 10, 2008) by Seong Sangyoung (성상영), "Ark" (아크, July 14, 2008) by Yuseong (유성), "Blacksmith's Vengeance" (대장장이 지그, July 15, 2008) by Kang Chan (강찬), "Dusk Howler" (더스크 하울러, December 7, 2009) by Taesun (태선), "Revival" (리바이벌, October 27, 2010) by Phantasm (판타즘), "Royal Fate" (로열 페이트, December 10, 2010) by Yuseong (유성), "Shining Lord" (샤이닝 로드, December 15, 2010) by Deonoteu (더노트), and "Overgeared" (템빨, January 10, 2014) by Park Saenal (박새날).)
* 안상원 [Ahn, Sangwon] (December 2019). "한국 웹소설 ‘로맨스판타지’ 장르의 서사적 특성 연구" ["A Study on the epic characteristics of Korean web novel ‘Romance Fantasy’"]. 인문콘텐츠 [Humanities Contents], No. 55, 2019.12 / Pages.219 - 234 / ISSN 1975-4469 (Print), 2671-8707 (Electronic) (Korean). (This article analyzes the main plot features of many Korean romance fantasy novels, including the novel "Chitra - the countess who chooses handsome men" (치트라 - 미남을 뽑는 여백작) by Taesun (태선).)

### Journalistic sources

* (Dusk Howler (webtoon)) Albert, Brianna (September 18, 2020). "10 Best Sci-Fi Manhwa For Fans Of Manga". Comic Book Resources (English) (Note: On November 30, 2022, this article was renamed "15 Best Sci-Fi Manhwa For Fans Of Manga".)
* (Doctor's Rebirth (webtoon)) Andrews, Hayley (September 19, 2021). "Who Made Me A Princess & 9 Other Must-Read Isekai Manhwa". Comic Book Resources (English)
* 신수의 주인: The Summon Masters game at This Is Game (October 4, 2013) (Korean)

### Interviews

* (Doctor's Rebirth (webnovel)) 5월의 OUR 도너스 (Donors) - 웹 소설 작가 "태선 후원자님" [OUR Donors in May – "Sponsor Taeseon", web novel writer] (June 11, 2021). Korean Association for Children with Leukemia and Cancer (Korean)

### Videos

* 신수의 주인: The Summon Masters game promotional video on YouTube (February 26, 2014) (Korean)
* 신수의 주인: The Summon Masters game promotional video on YouTube (December 22, 2014) (Korean)