Eun-young Choi studied Western History and Korean Language and Literature at Korea University. She writes picture books, novels, and essays, and is a member of the creative writing group Little Bird.
She worked for many years as an editor in the publishing industry and continues to work as a writer, translator, and planning editor. She also occasionally writes lyrics and musical scripts.
Her books include For Those Who Want to Write Picture Books, Seven Rooms, A Breathing Hole, I Am a Bowl, Blow, Come, We Live On, and Bubble Bubble Fermentation Fairies. She has also written scripts and lyrics for the musicals Nolbu and Sihwa: Those Who Dream Radiant Dreams, as well as the cantata Eyes of the Stars.