Paulina Palacios

Paulina Palacios was born in Rengo (Chile) in 1992. From a young age, she was fascinatedby drawing and creating stories, inspired by anime. As a teenager, she dreamedof publishing her stories and entered various manga contests, including thoseheld by Norma Editorial, where she was a finalist twice. She also won twice inthe Mexican magazine Doon Mangazine with her one-shots Cuidado condormirse (Be careful not to fall asleep) and Wokspher in 2014and 2015, respectively.

In 2016, she debuted as an author with MaestroGato (Master Cat), a school-based comedy that was a publishingsuccess and was adopted by schools as supplementary reading material. In 2019,she published Cyrilla & Abdel, a romantic comedy set in the sameuniverse as Maestro Gato, which received a warm and enthusiasticreception from teenage readers.

In 2020, she published her most iconicwork, As Yubooh Slumbers, with Planeta Cómic. This fantasy storycompletely transformed her career. The series became a bestseller, surpassing200,000 copies sold to date. It has been published in various Latin Americancountries, as well as Spain, France, the United States, and Turkey. 

It has received various accolades,including the award for Best Comic at the 2024 Pepo Awards.

In addition to her main series, Paula hascontinued to develop self-contained stories and contribute to internationalmagazines. In 2022, she published Zuzu está hechizada (Zuzu is Undera Spell), a one-shot included in issue #11 of Planeta Manga magazine. 

In December 2026, she will publish Laentidad de las máscaras (The Entity of the Masks), a new one-shotcreated for the eighth issue of the European magazine Manga Issho.