Kim Geun-hye is a Korean children’s writer whose stories focus on young people facing family conflict, school life, fear, and the complicated emotions of growing up. She aims to write books that are widely enjoyed by children and has published works including The Secret of Jerome Land, I Am Me!, and The Boy Who Became a Ghost. Han Dam-hee is a Korean illustrator and picture-book artist whose work combines lively characterization with emotional sensitivity. Her illustrations appear in numerous BookGorae titles, including An Elephant Got Stuck and The Star Papa. Together, they turn The Sudden Maeng Detective from a school mystery into a compassionate examination of the unseen difficulties children carry.