Story by Hyeseon Yun
She loves creating stories that bring imagination and warmth to young readers. She studied Playwriting at the Korea National University of Arts and Science Journalism at KAIST’s Graduate School. In 2011, she won the Creative Factory Musical Script Contest, marking the beginning of her writing career.
Her first children’s storybook, Supia and the Secret of the Silent Forest, was adapted from her children’s musical Supia’s Song. Since then, she has continued to write across both stage and page, sharing stories filled with heart and wonder. Her stage works include Trace U, Club Debai, Love Letter, and Gaon: The Beginning of the World, among others.
Illustrated by Hyunmin Kim
After studying Stage Design and Lighting Design at the Korea National University of Arts, he has been working as a spatial designer, leading various projects in commercial spaces, exhibitions, and installation art.
Drawing from his experience in spatial planning, He continues to explore the spaces between scenes and their natural flow?adding warm imagination to everyday life. As a father raising a child, he illustrates with the hope that children will come to understand nature and form gentle connections
with the world through books.
Translated by Alwin Ottervanger
He was born and raised in the Netherlands. From an early age, he loved books and enjoyed exploring the worlds within stories. His passion for connecting the world through books led him to start a career in translation, working between Korean and English.
He finds the greatest joy in breathing life into sentences by capturing the subtle nuances unique to each language.
He hopes to continue serving as a bridge that connects the world through language.