Jo Myeong-hwa is a Korean picture-book author and illustrator who studied applied art and is active with the Korea Publishing Art Association, the Children’s Culture Promotion Association, and Haneuljigi. She has created and illustrated books that draw on Korean humor, folklore, and animal characters, including The Tiger’s Candy Bouquet. In The Tiger Has Returned, Jo reimagines the tiger not merely as a familiar Korean cultural symbol but as a living animal searching for a place to survive. Her playful spoken-language narration and simple, energetic illustrations make questions of extinction, captivity, conservation, and coexistence approachable for young readers.