Kim Ji-Yoon majored in painting and published children’s books at a publishing company for many years. Currently, Kim is absorbed in the mysterious beauty of the traditional folk painting. She draws folk paintings and teaches children, dreaming dreams like the twinkling in a child’s eyes.

Kim has illustrated When I Draw a Painting; Everything Looks Different!; Corea, a Country of Ordinary People; and Open Korean History: 4. Joseon.