[2] Her short story collection Ramyeonui hwangje (라면의 황제 Emperor of Instant Noodles) and novel Muhanui chaek (무한의 책 Book of Infinity) were published in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Kim Heesun attended Chuncheon Girls' High School and studied pharmacy at Kangwon National University, both of which are located in the South Korean province of Gangwon.
Kim's literary work reflects her experience of managing a pharmacy in a province that has a large elderly population, underdeveloped neighborhoods, and some of the best preserved nature spots in South Korea.
They introduce new twists to familiar subjects, as shown in “Jisang choedaeui sho” (지상최대의 쇼 The Greatest Show on Earth) and its sequels “Gyeongiroun dosi” (경이로운 도시 City of Marvels) and “Ijeneun uriga he-eojyeoya hal sigan” (이제는 우리가 헤어져야 할 시간 Time to Say Goodbye).
[5] Kim's debut short story “Gyoyugui tansaeng” (교육의 탄생 The Birth of Education) involves a conspiracy theory about the origins of the National Charter of Education (promulgated by the Park Chung-hee administration in 1968, the Charter was included on the first page of South Korean textbooks for all grades until 1994 and recited by students at school ceremonies in the 1970s).
[7] Again, Kim Heesun adds a fresh dimension—the history of the Soviet space program—to the National Charter of Education, a familiar subject to South Koreans who attended school between 1968 and 1994.