[1] Bunjevac was born in Welland, Ontario, Canada, in 1973[2] to Serbian immigrant parents from Yugoslavia.
At age two her mother moved with her two daughters back to Zemun in Yugoslavia to get away from her radical Serbian nationalist husband Peter who would later accidentally die in Toronto in 1977 while building a bomb.
[1] Radivoje "Raymond" Panić and Pavao "Pavle" Kljaić were also killed when the bomb exploded.
She won The Golden Pen of Belgrade at the 11th International Biennale of Illustration in Belgrade for her cover to the anthology Ženski strip na Balkanu ("Balkan Women in Comics"), which appeared in English in 2012 under the title Balkan Comics: Women on the Fringe.
Nina’s third book, Bezimena, made the official selection at Angoulême International Comics Festival 2019, won Artemisia prize in the category of Best Drawing in France, and was awarded Best Book Jury Prize at 2019 Lucca Comics and Games in Lucca, Italy.