Story by Suyoung Kim

After writing her bucket list at 25 years old, the author realized 73 dreams across 80 countries. Her first book, Write Your Dreams, Write Your Future, was published in 2010, and after that beginning she spoke to 500,000 readers through her books about dreams, love, and happiness.

The author then conducted interviews about dreams and love with some 500 people in 47 countries over 25 months from 2011-2014 and published What is Your Dream? and What is Your Love? based on these. She appeared in a documentary with her own videos and narration entitled Suyoung Kim’s Dream Panorama broadcast on SBS Special in 2012.

The author currently runs the integrated content company Dream Panorama, which shares the seeds of dreams through content creation, publishing, educational programs, and more. She reaches many people through her YouTube channel Suyoung Kim TV, her online course called Suyoung Kim School, and motivational speeches both inside and outside Korea.

She continues her endeavors in various genres, such as writing the lyrics and melodies to several songs including “Fly to Your Dream”, the storybook The Magic Cafe that Cooks up Dreams, and an essay on healing called Soul Spa. After becoming a mother, she wrote the book The Whole Universe Loves You for her first child’s first birthday and Aina the Healer for her second child.

? Instagram: @suyoungdream
? YouTube: /dreampanorama
? Website: suyoungkim.com

Illustrations by Eunjung Kim

The illustrator graduated from a physical therapy school and lived a typical working life for some time while drawing late into the night to realize her dreams. She has now become a freelancer who can draw as much as she likes. Books she has illustrated include The Secret of the Top 1% for Children, the kids’ coloring books Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, and People Who Move Heaven and Earth.


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Translated by Laura Kingdon

Laura Kingdon has always had a passion for languages. After graduating from Dalhousie University with a bachelor's degree in French, she moved to Korea, where she lived and worked for many years and graduated from Yonsei University's Korean Language Academy. She then became a freelance translator. Other books she has translated include The Having, The Making of a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in America, and a series of children's fairy tales.

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