Manuele Fior
Trans. by Jamie Richards
Celestia
Manuele Fior was born in Cesena, Italy in 1975, and currently lives in Paris. After earning a degree in architecture (Venice, 2000), he moved to Berlin, where he began a career as a cartoonist, illustrator, and architect. His 5,000 km per Second, The Interview, and Blackbird Days have been published in English by Fantagraphics Books, and Celestia is forthcoming.
Jamie Richards is an American translator and editor based in Milan. Her work has appeared in various online and print journals and she has translated numerous graphic novels and prose works from the Italian. She holds an MFA in translation from the University of Iowa and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Oregon.