Illustrator
Yumi Heo
Yumi Heo was an illustrator and/or author of more than thirty books. Born in Korea in 1964, she grew up in several rural villages due to her father’s military assignments. In an interview for the Korean-American video series The Portfolio, Heo explains that “Nature was my playground.” She describes how she played outside, often with her brother, especially taking delight with the frogs in the rice paddies while her mother washed clothes in a nearby stream.
Yumi Heo illustrated several folktales and picture books by other authors, such as Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail, as well as Henry’s First-Moon Birthday and Polka Dot Penguin Pottery by Leonore Look. Yumi wrote several of her own picture books, including One Afternoon, Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story, Father’s Rubber Shoes, and Lady Hahn and Her Seven Friends
