Associated Names: * 조남주 (Korean) * Cho Nam-Joo (English) * 趙南柱 (Chinese) * โชนัมจู (Thai) * チョ・ナムジュ (Japanese) 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.