Manel Loureiro has a degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia). Combining his studies in this historical city with television projects, he was an anchor man for
various television programs. From writing screenplays he found his interest in writing.

His first novel Apocalypse Z became an immediate success and cult phenomenon on the internet. It has had hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide. Apocalypse Z, Dark days, the sequel with the same heroes and their fight to survive in a world dominated by the Undead, has won Manel Loureiro the title of the first author of terror zombie novels set in Spain. He published Twenty (Planeta), The Door (Planeta, 2020), and The Bone Thief (Planeta, 2020). When the Storm Passes (Planeta, 2024) is his latest novel.