Manu Joseph (born 22 July 1974)[1][2] is an Indian journalist and writer.

Manu was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai.

His father Joseph Madappally is a film-maker who directed the Malayalam film Thoranam (1987).

[2] His debut novel Serious Men (2010) won The Hindu Literary Prize and the PEN/Open Book Award.

[7] Manu is the creator and writer of Decoupled, an Indian English-language comedy web series, which was released on Netflix on 17 December 2021.