MANOEL HERZOG was born in Santos, Brazil, 1964. In 1987 has published his first work, Brincadeira Surrealista, poems. In 2012 published Os Bichos, novel, Editora Realejo. With Editora Patuá has published, in 2013 CBA – Cia. Brasileira de Alquimia, novel semifinalista of Portugal Telecom Prize, and A Comédia de Alissia Bloom, 2014, poems, third in Jabuti Prize most importante of Brazil. In 2015 O Evangelista, novel, Editora Patuá. In 2016 published Dec(ad)ência, novel, Editora Patuá. In 2017, A Jaca do Cemitério é Mais Doce, Editora Alfaguara, second in Biblioteca Nacional Prize. In 2018 published Mais Cento e Oito Sonetos, Poems, Editora Patuá. Boa Noite, Amazona, his last novel until now, was published by Alfaguara, in may 2019. Ode ao Bidê, tales, was published in january 2020.

He also Works as a lawyer and lives in Santos with his Family, four children and a grandaughter. And his two cats, one White, the other black.