Kim Kyungyeon is a children's and young adult literary critic and notable translator. She received her bachelor's (German language education) and doctorate from Seoul National University. She completed post-doctoral studies on the theory of children's fantasy literature at Goethe University Frankfurt and currently works as a university professor. Her translated works include There Is a Tribe of Kids, The Dark, Grandpa Green, Someday, Little Boy, Herr Fuchs mag Bücher, and Der Schilderputzer.