Kim Youngdoo is a South Korean novelist. She firstly debuted as a novelist in 1988 through the magazine Monthly Literature, and then as a children’s writer in 1990 by winning the JoongAng New Writer’s Award. Kim’s works deal with a variety of subjects, such as the search for personal identity, and pay attention to the voices of women suffering through the times. •Novel Urineun saranghaesseulkka (우리는 사랑했을까 Did We Love?) (2006) •Short story collection Mitu (미투 Me Too) (2018)

Born and raised in Busan in 1981, she began her writing career when her work "The Dreams of Clothes" won the New Year's Literary Prize from the Busan Ilbo in 2007. She started gaining attention from critics after receiving the 20th Busan Novel Literary Award. Exactly ten years after her debut, she published her first collection of short stories, which includes a total of nine works.

Since Kim Jinmyung published his iconic first novel, The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again, every subsequent book he has released has become a bestseller. Seamlessly navigating between reality and fiction, he incisively unravels the profound mysteries of the eras on which each of his books is based. He sheds light on Japan and China's distortion of Korean history with meticulous force, consistently revealing a deep love for Korea throughout his works. Those who read his books can instantly understand why his novels receive such rave reviews and high acclaim.