Kim Keumhee  made her literary debut in 2009 with her short story, "Your Document," winning the annual spring literary contest hosted by the Hankook Ilbo. Her works include the short story collections You Cannot Be Sentimental Every Day and Midday Love, the full-length novel The Feelings of Yeongae, the novella Maggie, My Love, and the short novel I Will Think About That for a Very Long Time. She received the Young Writer Award by  Publishing Group in 2015 and 2017, and the grand prize in 2016 at the same awards. Kim was also awarded with the Shin Dong-yeop Literary Award and the Contemporary Literature Award in 2016.