Cristina Portolano was born in Naples. After High school she moved to Bologna to study at the Academy of Fine Arts and she also spent one year in Paris at the EnsAD. She is the author of successful graphic novels: Quasi Signorina (Topipittori, 2016) reprinted in Italy and translated into English for the One Percent Press, I don’t know who you are (Rizzoli Lizard, 2017), I’m the Sea (Canicola, 2018) and Francis Bacon, the violence of a rose (Centauria, 2019) published in Italy and France by Editions du Chêne. Cristina has published drawings and illustrations in both volumes Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and other illustrations and comics. She collaborates with the digital agencies Freeda and Internazionale Kids and teaches illustration at the Bologna Institute of applied art (IAAD).