David Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva, and New Delhi.

He has contributed to numerous publications, including Rubicon, AWOL, Words Apart and Quarry. Manicom’s The Burning Eaves (2003) was a finalist for the 2004 Governor General’s Awards for English Language Poetry, while Progeny of Ghosts (1998) won the Quebec Writer’s Federation prize for non-fiction and was short-listed for the National Writer’s Trust Viacom award for non-fiction.

He currently serves as the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

Books by David Manicom

Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm

Anna's Shadow

School at Chartres, The

Progeny of Ghosts

Older Graces, The

Theology of Swallows

Ice In Dark Water