1965년 충남 서천에서 태어나 연세대학교 국문학과를 마쳤다. 1994년 『개땅쇠』로 MBC창작동화 대상을 받아 동화작가가 되었다. 지금은 ‘어린이책작가교실’ 대표로, 참신한 어린이책 작가들을 길러내는 한편 재미있고 알찬 어린이책을 기획·집필하는 데 힘쓰고 있다. 그동안 펴낸 책으로는 『코끼리 목욕통』 『위대한 개들의 이야기』 『날아가는 화살을 잡은 원숭이』 『지혜가 하나씩 30가지 꾀 이야기』 『오른발 왼발』 『빨간 늑대』 등이 있다.

Born in 1965 in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province, Jeong Hae-wang studied Korean literature (BA) at Yonsei University. He made his debut with the reception of the MBC Grand Prize for Children’s Fiction for his Gaeddangsoe in 1994. In addition to planning and creating good works for young readers, he educates and trains budding children’s book authors through an online workshop (cafe.daum.net/childbooks). He has penned The Elephant’s Bathtub, A Story of Great Dogs, The Monkey Who Caught a Flying Arrow: The Story of Wise Little Zhuangzi, One Piece of Wisdom at a Time: Thirty Stories of Wisdom, People Who Overcame Disability, A Story of Dok-do, Our Land, and The Red Wolf and translated into Korean Now One Foot, Now the Other, Henrietta’s First Winter, Tidy up, Trevor, and Jake’s Birthday.