Augie Rivera
Augie has written more than 15 stories for children and has repeatedly won recognition from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He is one of the founding members of KUTING (Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting), a group of Filipino writers of children's stories.
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Becky Bravo’s first foray into the children’s fiction genre began in 1996 during a short-lived attempt at a Masteral degree in Creative Writing. One of the first classes she took was an undergraduate course in children’s fiction, and it was for this class that she wrote her first actual children’s story entitled “Fetch”. On her first crack at joining the Palanca Memorial Awards in 1997, “Fetch” came away with the 2nd Prize for Children’s Fiction in English. She has participated in the contest every year since then, winning 1st Prize in 2000 for “Fish for Two”, and another in 2004 for The Cat Painter, both of which were later published as picture books. She became a member of KUTING in 2004
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Rene O. Villanueva
Rene O. Villanueva (September 1954–December 2007) was a Filipino Dramatist and Children's Story Writer who made his mark in Philippine Literature in the late 1970s and well into the first decade of the 21st century. He had a remarkable contribution to Filipino culture as shown in his prolific output which generates continuing interest in his plays and books for young people.
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Villanueva was born in La Loma, Quezon City and studied in public schools, the Lyceum of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines. As a young person, he already had the inclination to the arts, telling stories to playmates and winning in national school writing contests. In college, he was active in the theater as a writer and as a performer. Later when he -
Yvette Fernandez
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Michael M. Coroza
Michael M. Coroza is a distinguished Filipino poet, essayist, translator, and academic known for his contributions to contemporary Philippine literature. He writes primarily in the Filipino language and has been a recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the S.E.A. Write Award.
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Coroza is a prolific poet, known for his command of traditional forms like the balagtasan, and has received multiple Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He is also a renowned literary translator, with his translation of Apolinario Mabini's La Revolucion Filipina receiving a National Book Award in 2016. As a literary scholar, his essays and critical works have been published nationally and internationally. He has also been a strong advocate f -
Eileen Christelow
Eileen Christelow is an acclaimed American author and illustrator of children’s books, best known for her beloved Five Little Monkeys series. Beginning with Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, a playful retelling of the classic nursery rhyme, the series has captivated generations of young readers with its humor and rhythmic storytelling. Over the course of her career, Christelow has published more than 30 books, encompassing both fiction and nonfiction, and many inspired by her surroundings in Vermont, her family life, and even her dog, Emma.
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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1943, Christelow spent her formative years in Connecticut and briefly in Japan, where she attended the American School in Tokyo. She studied architecture at the Universit -
Joseph Bruchac
Joseph Bruchac lives with his wife, Carol, in the Adirondack mountain foothills town of Greenfield Center, New York, in the same house where his maternal grandparents raised him. Much of his writing draws on that land and his Abenaki ancestry. Although his American Indian heritage is only one part of an ethnic background that includes Slovak and English blood, those Native roots are the ones by which he has been most nourished. He, his younger sister Margaret, and his two grown sons, James and Jesse, continue to work extensively in projects involving the preservation of Abenaki culture, language and traditional Native skills, including performing traditional and contemporary Abenaki music with the Dawnland Singers.
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Crockett Johnson
Crockett Johnson was the pen name of the American cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk. He is best known for the comic strip Barnaby (1942–1952) and the Harold series of books beginning with Harold and the Purple Crayon. [From Wikipedia.]
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Dr. Seuss
Also wrote as Theodore Seuss Geisel, see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads fo -
Matt de la Peña
Matt de la Peña is the New York Times best-selling, Newbery-medal-winning author of six young adult novels and four picture books. Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. de la Peña currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. He teaches creative writing and visits high schools and colleges throughout the country.
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Rene O. Villanueva
Rene O. Villanueva (September 1954–December 2007) was a Filipino Dramatist and Children's Story Writer who made his mark in Philippine Literature in the late 1970s and well into the first decade of the 21st century. He had a remarkable contribution to Filipino culture as shown in his prolific output which generates continuing interest in his plays and books for young people.
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Villanueva was born in La Loma, Quezon City and studied in public schools, the Lyceum of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines. As a young person, he already had the inclination to the arts, telling stories to playmates and winning in national school writing contests. In college, he was active in the theater as a writer and as a performer. Later when he -
Russell Molina
RUSSELL MOLINA is a Filipino children’s book author and graphic novelist.
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Reflecting current Filipino realities and mirroring the local milieu and culture, his stories embrace a wide range of themes: From difficult issues like discrimination and apathy to real-life experiences like sibling rivalry and the reinvention of the family structure. With books like “Madyik Silya ni Titoy” (Titoy’s Magical Chair) and “Sampu Pataas, Sampu Pababa” (Ten Up, Ten Down), Molina has inspired children to conquer physical disabilities with a dose of creativity and imagination.
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Andrea Petrlik Huseinović
Andrea Petrlik Huseinović rođena je 1966. u Zagrebu gdje je i završila Školu primijenjenih umjetnosti i potom Akademiju likovnih umjetnosti.
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Osim ilustriranjem knjiga bavi se i njihovim pisanjem.
Za ilustriranje do sada je dobila četiri priznanja uključujući i domaću prestižnu nagradu "Grigor Vitez" za slikovnicu Plavo nebo. Imala je i nekoliko samostalnih izložbi.
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Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is the #1 New York Times Best Selling author of the book series, DORK DIARIES, and the upcoming, THE MISADVENTURES OF MAX CRUMBLY to be released on June 7, 2016.
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Edgar Calabia Samar
Edgar Calabia Samar is a multi-awarded poet and novelist from the Philippines. His first novel, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog, received the NCCA Writer’s Prize in 2005, and its English translation as Eight Muses of the Fall was longlisted in the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2009. In 2013, he received two Philippine National Book Awards––one for his second novel, Sa Kasunod ng 909 (Best Novel), and another for his book on the creative process, Halos Isang Buhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela (Best Book of Criticism). Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon, the first book in his YA series Janus Silang, also received the Philippine National Book Award for Best Novel in 2015 and the Philippine National Children’s Book Award for Best 201
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Rhandee Garlitos
Raymund “Rhandee” Magno Garlitos's first children’s book was called Ang Paglalakbay ni Pepito Piso, which was illustrated by an art staffer colleague in Malate Literary Folio. He wrote this to join a children’s book making contest by a publishing company. He won the contest and they published his book.
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Yvette Fernandez
Yvette Fernandez is the editor-in-chief of Town & Country magazine. She lived for many years in New York but is happy to be home with her family and her Peter in Manila.
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Becky Bravo
Becky Bravo’s first foray into the children’s fiction genre began in 1996 during a short-lived attempt at a Masteral degree in Creative Writing. One of the first classes she took was an undergraduate course in children’s fiction, and it was for this class that she wrote her first actual children’s story entitled “Fetch”. On her first crack at joining the Palanca Memorial Awards in 1997, “Fetch” came away with the 2nd Prize for Children’s Fiction in English. She has participated in the contest every year since then, winning 1st Prize in 2000 for “Fish for Two”, and another in 2004 for The Cat Painter, both of which were later published as picture books. She became a member of KUTING in 2004
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May Tobias-Papa
May Tobias-Papa is an award-winning Filipino writer and illustrator, known for her children's books and a background in fine arts and advertising.
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Tobias-Papa holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. She later taught illustration and typography at the university. Before focusing on children's literature, she had a long career in advertising as both an art director and copywriter.
In a 2010 interview, she revealed that she decided to pivot to children's books after a period of soul-searching. She recalled being happiest as a child while writing and drawing her own picture books. This prompted her to enroll in writing workshops. In 2013, she published Doodles and Daydreams: From Doodler to Drawing -
Andrea Wang
Andrea Wang is the award-winning author of Watercress (Caldecott Medal, Newbery Honor, APALA Award, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, JLG Gold Standard Selection, seven starred reviews), The Nian Monster (APALA Honor), Magic Ramen (Freeman Book Award Honor). Her debut middle grade novel, The Many Meanings of Meilan, was reviewed by the New York Times, has two starred reviews, and is also a JLG Gold Standard Selection. Her work explores culture, creative thinking, and identity. She is also the author of seven nonfiction titles for the library and school market. Andrea holds an M.S. in Environmental Science and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Young People. She lives in the Denver area with her family.
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May Tobias-Papa
May Tobias-Papa is an award-winning Filipino writer and illustrator, known for her children's books and a background in fine arts and advertising.
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Tobias-Papa holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. She later taught illustration and typography at the university. Before focusing on children's literature, she had a long career in advertising as both an art director and copywriter.
In a 2010 interview, she revealed that she decided to pivot to children's books after a period of soul-searching. She recalled being happiest as a child while writing and drawing her own picture books. This prompted her to enroll in writing workshops. In 2013, she published Doodles and Daydreams: From Doodler to Drawing -
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Rhandee Garlitos
Raymund “Rhandee” Magno Garlitos's first children’s book was called Ang Paglalakbay ni Pepito Piso, which was illustrated by an art staffer colleague in Malate Literary Folio. He wrote this to join a children’s book making contest by a publishing company. He won the contest and they published his book.
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Genaro R. Gojo Cruz
GENARO R. GOJO CRUZ grew up in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. He earned his degree in Social Science from Philippine Normal College, and has won numerous writing awards, including the Palanca Award, Gawad Ka Amado, Gawad Collantes sa Pagsulat ng Tula at Sanaysay, Ninoy Poetry Writing Contest, and the PBBY-Writers Prize.
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He presently teaches at the Philippine Normal College while pursuing his master's degree in Philippine Studies as a scholar at the De La Salle University in Manila.
In his spare time, Genaro tells stories to and teaches street children in Binondo, Manila. -
Fernando Rosal Gonzalez
FERNANDO ROSAL GONZALEZ is a multi-awarded fictionist, novelist, illustrator and musician, Don is presently the Creative Director of a Philippine-based multimedia production house, and the editor-in-chief of a news-magazine catering to the needs of overseas Filipino workers. He is also a member of Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING), the country’s premiere writer’s group for children.
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