Mohammad Valibhai Mankad (13 February 1928 – 5 November 2022) was an Indian Gujarati language novelist, story writer, columnist, translator and children's author.

Mohammad Valibhai Mankad was born on 13 February 1928 at Paliyad village of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.

Mankad wrote twenty novels including Kayar (1956), Dhummas (1965), Ajanya Be Jan (1968), Grahanratri, Morpichchhna Rang, Vanchita, Manorama, Velana Vadhhu Tan, Matini Chadar, Heerni Ganth, Ek Pag Umbar Bahar, Raatvaaso, Khel, Dantkatha, Mandarvriksh Niche, two parts of Bandha Nagar (1986, 1987), Zankhana (1987), Anuttar (1988), Ashwa Dod (1993).

His novel Velana Vadhhu Tan deals with the mental agony of a boy who incidentally finds letters written by his deceased mother to her lover, and who discovers that he is an illegitimate child.

[1][4] His short stories collections are Matini Murtio (1952), Man na Marod (1961), Vat Vat Ma (1966), Tap (1974), Zankalna Moti and two parts of Mohammad Mankad ni Vartao (1988).