Born in Malta in 1959, Manuel Farrugia is married and has one daughter. At a very young age he would spend hours scribbling and sketching the captivating tales his grandmother would tell him. Since then, he became a professional book illustrator.
Over the years he has written several stories in his native language from fantasy to supernatural adventures, as time would have it and other events occured he set aside his dream of writing.
​Twenty six years in waiting Manuel decided to pursue his writing carrier, bringing forth his debut novel The Four Realms of Zakorah.