Guiyeoni, a new-generation writer who writes novels on the Internet, has recently visited Japan to publish the Japanese version of her novel "
Temptation of Wolves". This two-volume novel is a love story about teenagers. A movie based on this story will be released in Japan on March 19.
"
Temptation of Wolves" rose to fame in 2001 when
Guiyeoni began writing it on the Internet. Publishers and filmmakers decided to produce a movie and publish the novel as a book when it became popular with high school girls by word of mouth.
The book, which was published in December 2002, became a bestseller, selling some 300,000 copies. In July 2004, the movie based on the novel made headlines for starring such top-rated actors as
Kang Dong-won,
Jo Han-seon and
Lee Cheong-ah, who played the lead roles.
"I wanted to tell a pure-hearted teenage love story and describe things only teenagers can do", said
Guiyeoni. When asked about her next story, she said, "I am still very young, so I cannot write about the world of adults. I just want to relish my young feelings for now".
