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Manuel Ortiz Botella

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Nació en Alicante, en 1991, y es biólogo y doctor en Recursos Naturales y Medioambiente. Su primera novela, Todos mis santos, fue publicada en 2022 por la Editorial Cerbero. Puedes encontrarlo con cuentos de fantasía, ciencia ficción y terror en publicaciones como la Antología Premio Domingo Santos (2020 y 2024), como finalista del mismo, y en la revista Windumanoth #14 (2022), entre otras. También ha participado como jurado y editor en la antología Fandom Of Our Own: There was only one bed (autopublicada, 2020).

Colecciona trabajos extraños, tiene la cabeza llena de pájaros y, cuando puede, además de historias, escribe su boletín personal y cultural Tres Estrellas.

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	Fandom of our own: There was only one bed by Myriam M. Lejardi, Eli Macías (Goodreads Author), Hendelie (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 186 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Todos mis santos by Manuel Ortiz Botella (Goodreads Author), Sara Randt (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empotradoras: una antología de erótica fantástica by Virginia Buedo (Goodreads Author) (Coordinadora), Alister Mairon (Goodreads Author) (Coordinadora), María Jose Ceruti Andrés 3.82 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuerpos celestiales by Manuel Ortiz Botella (Goodreads Author), T.P. Mira-Echeverría (Prólogo), Welder Wings (Illustrator) 4.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El precio de la eternidad 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Besé a un pescado y me gustó 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Una persona a la que (no) conoces 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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