Press Kit
ESCAPE VELOCITY cover design by Samira Iravani, cover art by Sam Chivers
THE SLEEPLESS cover design by Dana Li
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30-word bio
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.
60-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 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. As a queer immigrant and a person of color, he writes about people who live these identities as they navigate imaginary worlds. A 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow, he is the author of the science fiction novels THE SLEEPLESS and ESCAPE VELOCITY from Erewhon Books. Aside from fiction, he also spins fantastical tales in his career as a lawyer. He lives in Queens with his husband, their dog, and their two cats. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.
Full-length bio
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.
Though he has always written stories from a young age, he first started drafting novels in the fall of 2017 for National Novel Writing Month. Thence came his debut science fiction noir novel, THE SLEEPLESS, which came out in August 2022 from Erewhon Books. His most recent novel, ESCAPE VELOCITY, was published in May 2024.
In 2022, he attended the USA’s premier LGBTQ writing residency as one of Lambda Literary’s Emerging Voices Fellows.
He graduated from Cardozo School of Law with a concentration in Constitutional and Civil Rights, and he is currently in private practice as an immigration lawyer. His workday mostly consists of defending immigrants from being removed from the country.
He lives in Queens, New York with his husband, their dog, and their two cats. In his seemingly infinite reserve of free time, he also rock climbs and plays too many tabletop games. Find him online at victormanibo.com and on most social media platforms @victormanibo.