Lim Jihyoung started her literary career after winning the annual spring literary contest hosted by the Mudeung Times in 2008 and won the Mokpo Literary Award the following year. She then published The True Lie in 2011 with the help of a creation support fund from the Gwangju Cultural Foundation. Books written by Lim Jihyoung include The Pizza Election, The Twelve-Year-Old Mona Liza, The Maruta Boy, The Family Declaration and The Face Market.