Kalina Muhova lives and works in Rome, Italy. She is an illustrator and comics artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Her first authored comic book for children was Upside Down Diana, which received a special mention from critics in the Comics – Early Reader category at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. She has illustrated texts by Marco Nucci (Sofia from the Ocean), Atanas Dalchev (The Balcony), and many others. Muhova teaches creative writing and comics at the New Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. After her works I’m Sorry and Thank You, she also published the autobiographical graphic novel I Hate Summer. 

Muhova has illustrated children’s books for Bulgarian publishing houses based on texts by Lev Tolstoy and William Faulkner. Along with her participation in comics forums, she has been nominated and awarded at festivals in Rome (Bartoli Prize at ARF! Festival) and Lucca (Gran Guinigi for Best Comic). Her latest book Chromosomes was selected as an IBBY Italy Choice for 2025 and received a special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award for non-fiction in 2026.