​Samir Dahmani is an author, illustrator, and comics creator from Montbéliard, France who graduated from EESI (European School of Visual Arts) in Angoulême with a Master’s Degree in Comic Art, a globally renowned program, in 2012.​ In 2013, Dahmani traveled to South Korea for an artist residency in Bucheon, and returned again in 2014 to study language and culture at Chungnam National University. In 2017, inspired by their experiences living in other countries, Dahmani and his partner, Korean illustrator Yunbo, collaborated on the graphic novels entitled Je suis encore là-bas (I'm still over there) and Je ne suis pas d’ici (I’m not from here). ​Dahmani later illustrated an adaptation of L’Extraordinaire voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire Ikea (The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Stuck in an Ikea Cupboard) and wrote several short stories about rock legends for publisher Petit à Petit before returning to graphic novels as writer and illustrator with his graphic novel Seoul Before Sunrise.​