Philippe Manevy was born in 1980 in Clermont-Ferrand. He started his career in education before settling in Montreal where he now teaches French and Drama, a discipline in which he is a doctoral candidate. He is the author of Ton pays sera mon pays (Leméac, 2021), and of La colline qui travaille, first published by Leméac in Canada before being released by Le Bruit du monde in France.