Cho Nam-Joo

Cho Nam-joo is a former television scriptwriter. In the writing of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 she drew partly on her own experience as a woman who quit her job to stay at home after giving birth to a child.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is her third novel. It has had a profound impact on gender inequality and discrimination in Korean society, and has been translated into 18 languages. Her short story collection, Miss Kim Knows was published by Scribner in 2023.

Georgina Capel Associates co-agent with The Grayhawk Agency in Taiwan.

Publications

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

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Literary