Bang Geul is a Korean children’s writer whose picture books use concise, emotionally restrained language to explore loss, memory, and the hidden meanings beneath ordinary images. Her works include One Day and The Old Boat. Lim Deok-ran is a Korean illustrator and picture-book creator who previously worked as a book designer before pursuing illustration professionally. She graduated from SI Picture Book School and has illustrated books including The Old Boat and It’s Okay, Sugar Boy. She is also deeply interested in dance, which influences the movement and rhythm of her visual work. Their collaboration gives the aging ship’s final journey both quiet gravity and unusual visual energy.