Kim Soom has published six short story collections and thirteen novels, most recently When Has a Soldier Wanted to Be an Angel? (2018) and Sublime Is Looking Inward (2018), the third and fourth novels in her Comfort Women series. She has received the Yi Sang Literary Award, Hyundae Literary Award, Daesan Literary Award, Heo Gyun Literary Award, and the Tong-ni Literature Prize.