Zsuzsanna Szkurka was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1979 and has lived in Mexico City for over 20 years. A psychiatrist and illustrator, her work is situated between graphic narrative, psychiatry and criminology. She has collaborated with writer Mario Bellatin on several editorial projects, worked with visual artist Francis Alÿs and illustrated dozens of books and magazines published by Alfaguara (Spain), Sexto Piso (Mexico), Phoneme Media (USA) and Ludion (Belgium). Her work has also been published in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Hungary. In 2022, she was selected for a six-month residency at Maison des auteurs in Angoulême in order to work on her first graphic novel Totál Kár.