E Jisung is a Seoul-born South Korean author.  In 1995 he published a book of poetry titled “Longing” under the penname ‘Lee Jihoon’ and in 1997 published another book of poetry titled, “Forever and Ever We Shall Flow as a Deep, Deep River.”  Starting from 2000, E Jisung has published numerous books on various topics such as education, the humanities, self-development, essays, and business and economics.

His major works are “The Dreaming Attic” (2007), “Lead Through Leading” (2010), “The Thinking Humanities” (2015), “Eight” (2019), and “Future Wealth” (2021).  Every book E Jisung has published have become number one best-sellers, prompting him to be called the “Best-Seller Maker.”  As of 2020, he has published 5.5 million copies of his books.

His major works have been translated and published in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China.  In 2015 he married Cha Yooram, a South Korean national billiards player; they have a son and daughter together.

E Jisung is active as a vice-representative of “Dreams Dream,” a non-profit that builds hospitals and schools in overseas slums and is involved in North Korean human rights with Pastor Superman, who has rescued over 4,000 North Korean refugees.  He has over 294,000 followers on YouTube and is one of the most important political/humanities writers in South Korea.