Kirk Mansueto is known for his psuedonym, Ilzhaux \ 'il • zhō \. He is an English and Filipino novelist, poet, prosaist, and a playwright. He has written many fictional works since he was ten such as scripts for academic short films and roleplays, short stories, and novelettes. He took his passion further through writing poems,  proses, and flash fiction stories when he was sixteen. He is adept in writing Fantasy and Poetry genres, and has explored Horror and Romance as well. In his years of being a writer, he kept improving the worldbuilding of his draft novel, and is persevering to complete it.