Song Si-woo was born in Daejeon. She studied philosophy at Koryo University after which she started writing detective stories: La maison du lilas rouge (adapted to the screen in 2014), L’enquêteur qui courait (adapted into a TV series in August 2019) and Here Comes the Black Dog.
She receives the Young Talent Award from Mystery magazine. She is also the actress of a collection of short stories: L’os de l’enfant.
She works at the National Human Rights Commission in Seoul, specializing in law, ethics and psychiatry.