She is perhaps best remembered in both Taiwan and China for Stories of Old Peking, which was adapted into a motion picture in 1982. This classic work depicts life in Beijing in the 1930s, specifically the growth of traditional women, and established for Lin a treasured position in the Chinese literary world.
林海音成長於北京、成名於台灣，大半生都奉獻給了台灣文壇，無論在編輯、出版和創作上，都有傲人的成就。生活歷練豐富，心胸寬闊、兼容並蓄的她，也因特殊的生命歷程，展現了多元豐富的文化。