
Nam Sang-sun
남상순
Nam Sang-sun is a South Korean novelist born in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province. She made her literary debut in 1992 when her short story “San neomeoeneun gijeoksoriga” (산 너머에는 기적소리가 Over the Mountain the Train Whistles) won the Munwha Ilbo New Writer’s Contest. With her 1993 novel Huin baemeul chajaseo (흰 뱀을 찾아서 In Search of the White Snake), she became the recipient of the 17th Today’s Writer Award. Since publishing the YA novel Naneun abeojiui chincheok (나는 아버지의 친척) in 2006, she has written other works for young adults such as Radioeseo tokkiga ttwieonaoda (라디오에서 토끼가 뛰어나오다 The Rabbit That Popped Out of the Radio), Saturi gwisin (사투리 귀신 The Dialect Ghost), and Kiseugamok (키스감옥 Prison of Kisses).