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 is currently the associate assistant deputy minister of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. ==Bibliography==