Xavier Bolado was born in Spain in 1980. He became a comic artist at 17, publishing with Berserker Ed. His series Evan SD (a N.G. Evangelion parody) and 2Sides!! (a collaboration with International Manga Award winner Ken Niimura) became fast hits with young audiences.

Between 1998-2006 he has worked as chief editor and journalist for several comic and videogame magazines (Manga Zone, Ready!, X-Manga).

He has ample experience working for the international market, illustrating Japanese in Mangaland series, Ragnarok Online Guest-art book, and collaborating with Anima BF and IF Studio.

He has also published a series of novels titled The Dark Princess´ Song (La Canción de la Princesa Oscura). His last co-autored book is a recently published and critically acclaimed comic Valentia by Norma Ed