(English)Ahn Miran majored in philosophy at Dongguk University. Ahn's literary career started with her children's story, A Crab Went to Sea, which was awarded the Farmer's Literary Prize by Farmers Newspaper. Her poem for children, "A Puddle", won the 1998 Eye Level Children's Literature Prize. In 2001, her novel for children, People Who Keep Seeds won the Grand Prize at the Changbi Good Children's Book Contest. Ahn's published books include Scent of Your Own; I Will Protect You; and Young-hee, an Elementary School Student from Busan, Took a Train to Kyungsung.