Dali Kim is a novelist and film director. While studying design at college, she found novels so interesting that she changed her career path. Kim made her literary debut, winning the first prize at the 1st K-Thriller Writers Contest with her novel Ere. Her short story “Our World is Hope” was shortlisted for the “Villain” theme at the Safe House Story Contest. Since then she has written many works including the novella Lovers in Jungle and the RIDI story series Plastic Generation. She also directed films, and her short films Because of Hanna and Yanghae’s Chicken Drumstick were invited and awarded at a variety of several film festivals.