Born in Seoul, South Korea, Alice in Wonderland was her first book to gain international recognition. Other famous works include Mirror, Wave, and Shadow, known as "The Border Trilogy." Wave won a gold medal at the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show, and both Wave and Shadow were selected as New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books. In 2016, she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards for Illustration. She continuously explores the possibilities of paper books, astonishing readers with both the form and content of her works, which have been published in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Brazil, and the United States.
