Ana Miralles (born 16 December 1959; also spelled as Ana Mirallès) is a Spanish comic books artist, known particularly for her treatment of erotic subjects. After a degree in fine arts, she became an illustrator for publishing houses Gregal,

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and Bromera. She later worked increasingly in

bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition ...

comic books, first finding publication in 1982 with the Spanish adult comic magazine '' Rambla''.Glénat biography (in Spanish)
/ref> Her first black-and-white album, '' El Brillo de una Mirada'', came out in 1990, written by Emilio Ruiz.Dargaud biography
/ref> This was later coloured and released in France as ''Corps à corps''. Her first comic series was the '' Eva Médusa'' trilogy, set in

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in the 1920s, which she made with

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; the first volume was published in 1991. She worked again with Ruiz on '' A la Recherche de la Licorne'' from 1997 (an adaptation of Juan Eslava Galan's bestselling novel). In 2001 she created ''

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'' with Jean Dufaux. In June 2009, Miralles became the first woman to win the "Gran Premio del Salón" at the Barcelona Comics Festival (its highest honour).

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Short biographical sketch (in English)Interview (in French) about ''Djinn''
Living people 1959 births Artists from Madrid Spanish comics artists Spanish female comics artists Spanish erotic artists {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub