From 1953 to 1963, Lin Hai-yin edited the United Daily News Supplement, in which position she used her keen sense of quality composition to discover a group of young and talented Taiwanese writers.
台灣文壇尊稱「林先生」的林海音，著作等身，發表過三部長篇小說、四部短篇小說集、十九本散文集，以及十本兒童文學作品。