(Japanese) 1967年ソウルで生まれ、大学で国文学を勉強した。2000年短編童話<カタクチイワシ>を発表して作品活動をはじめ、2006年《ちんちん君とドゥパンドゥ》で第2回マヘソン文学賞を受賞した。書いて描いた絵本《風船三つ》、《風船五つ》をはじめ、童話《兄と私》、《毛束》、《夏と秋》、《別また三銃士》などを書いた。

Born in Seoul in 1967, the author Yangmi Kim studied literature in college. She debuted with a children's story Anchovy in 2000, and later received the 2006 Ma Haesong Literary Award for Jjinjjingun and Dubbangdu. She is the author and illustrator of a number of picture books, including Three Balloons and Five Balloons; and the author of children's stories including My Brother and I; Fur Ball; Summer and Autumn; and The Trio: Alone and Together.