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Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. He is the author of the science fiction novels THE SLEEPLESS and ESCAPE VELOCITY from Erewhon Books.

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Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. He is the author of the science fiction novels THE SLEEPLESS and ESCAPE VELOCITY. His first crime novel, DEAD NOTE, comes out May 2025 from Bonnier Books. His first horror novel, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, comes out November 2025 from Erewhon Books. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.

100-Word Bio

Victor Manibo is a Filipino novelist living in New York. A 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow, he is the author of the science fiction novels THE SLEEPLESS and ESCAPE VELOCITY. His first crime novel, DEAD NOTE, comes out May 2025 from Bonnier Books. His first horror novel, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, comes out November 2025 from Erewhon Books. Aside from fiction, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. He lives in Queens with his husband and their pets. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.

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Victor Manibo is a novelist born and raised in Manila, Philippines. He moved to New York in his twenties to pursue a life of adventure. As a queer immigrant and a person of color, he writes about the experiences of people who live these identities as they navigate imaginary worlds.

His debut science fiction noir novel, THE SLEEPLESS, came out in August 2022 from Erewhon Books. This was followed by the ESCAPE VELOCITY in May 2024. His first crime novel, DEAD NOTE, comes out May 2025 from Bonnier Books. His first horror novel, THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, comes out November 2025 from Erewhon Books.

In 2022, he attended the USA’s premier LGBTQ writing residency as one of Lambda Literary’s Emerging Voices Fellows. He has led speculative fiction workshops at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Southampton Writers Conference.

Aside from fiction, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. He lives in Queens, New York with his husband and their pets. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.