Loureiro, Manel

International bestselling author Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. After graduating, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. His Apocalypse Z trilogy The Beginning of the End, Dark Days, and The Wrath of the Just took him from the blogosphere to bestsellerdom, earning him acclaim as the Spanish Stephen King by La Voz de Galicia. Loureiro continues to reside in his native Pontevedra.