This is an interview with Kim Soom, the Featured Writer of KLN Vol. 55, who celebrates the 25th anniversary of her literary debut. The interview approaches Kim’s literary world with various keywords and sheds light on her works from various angles. In line with the theme of this issue “The Female Family Tree,” the history seen through the author’s literary perspective is understood through her books Fighting Dog (2005), Cheol (Iron, 2008), One Left (2016), Sublime is Looking Inward (2018), Have You Ever Wished for a Soldier to Be an Angel? (2018), Will I Be Able to Touch the Tree? (2019), Drifting Land (2020), and Listening Time (2021).