Kim Eunjoong was born in Paju in the Gyeonggi province of South Korea and studied Korean language and literature at university. Kim won the gold prize for fairy tales at the 1st Kim Manjung Literary Award and won the new writer’s prize at the 9th Proon Literary Award. Books written by Kim include The Blanket Moving Up and Down, The Liar Crocodile, Grandpa, I Am Toma, and Daddy Is Janggu, I Am Kkwaenggwari.