Patricia Lyfoung (18 December 1977 – 15 January 2025) was a French cartoonist known for her series La Rose écarlate.

[2] Patricia Lyfoung was born on 18 December 1977, in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France, to a Hmong family.

[3] She became interested in drawing at a young age and moved to Paris, studying art at the École Estienne and at Gobelins, l'École de l'image.

[4][5] In 2001, she began working for the French studio Marathon Animation, collaborating on storyboards for Martin Mystery and Totally Spies!.

[6] Her other inspirations include the Japanese artists Rumiko Takahashi and Mitsuru Adachi, as well as the European comics creators Enrico Marini, Bernard Hislaire and Jean-Pierre Gibrat.