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F.H. Batacan

Maria Felisa H. Batacan is a Filipino journalist and a writer of crime and mystery fiction. Her work has been published in the Philippines and abroad under the name F.H. Batacan.

She was a fellow at the 1996 Dumaguete National Writers' Workshop.

Batacan worked in the Philippine intelligence community and then became a broadcast journalist. She attended the University of the Philippines, where she pursued a master's degree in Arts Studies. In 1999 her manuscript, Smaller and Smaller Circles, won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Grand Prize for the English Novel. This novel was published in 2002 by the University of the Philippines Press. Although most Filipino English-language fiction works garner a single print run of onl

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Lualhati Bautista

Lualhati Bautista was a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal activist and political critic. She was one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of Contemporary Philippine Literature. Her most famous novels include Dekada '70; Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?; and ‘GAPÔ.

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Ambeth R. Ocampo

Lamberto R. Ocampo better known as Ambeth R. Ocampo (b. 1961) is Filipino historian, academic, journalist, cultural administrator and author best known for his writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal, and for his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Looking Back." He became the Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2002 until 2010, and was appointed as Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2005 until 2007.

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Anthony Shieh

Anthony Shieh (pronounced /Shyeh/) is a Taiwanese-Dutch Filipino novelist, and speaker based in Manila. He is the author of four books which became bestsellers in the Philippines and other parts of the globe. His works have been recognized by the Philippine Inquirer, CHiNOY TV, Tatler Asia, TheBeat.Asia, and The Manila Times.

He was a fellow at the first Paradox Philippine Speculative Fiction Writing Fellowship at the University of the Philippines.

Anthony writes with a strong sense of inclusivity, ensuring that the characters in his stories are heard and understood. He champions the importance of representation, showing that everyone deserves a platform in literature to share their stories.

Find him online at www.anthonyshieh.com.

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Joel Donato Ching Jacob

Joel Donato Jacob, aka Cupkeyk, is a member of Linangan ng Imahen, Retorika at Anyo, the Philippines’ longest standing literary organisation. He hikes up at least one mountain a month and plays role-playing games or board games with friends weekly. He is an advocate of reproductive health, ethical veganism and fitness.

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Carina Gaskell

Stories with everything you love about your favorite romance books, but make it Filipino. 🇵🇭

Carina Gaskell writes romance novels for Filipino readers who believe that romance can be whip-smart and sexy. Kilig guaranteed!

Over a thousand readers from all over the world have fallen in love between the pages of her books—regardless of age, nationality, and gender. This speaks to the universal themes present in her works, and how she masterfully writes stories that anyone can relate to.

When she's not writing, Carina is either playing with her three cats, hanging out with her artist best friend, eating good food with her partner, or advocating for Filipino romance books.

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Catherine Dellosa

Catherine Dellosa plays video games for a living, reads comics for inspiration, and writes fiction because she’s in love with words. She lives in Manila, Philippines with her husband, whose ideas fuel the fire in her writing.

Her Young Adult fantasy novel, Of Myths And Men, has been published by Penguin Random House SEA and is her love letter to gamer geeks, mythological creatures, and epic quests to save the world. The second book in the trilogy, Of Life And Lies, is out now.

When it comes to contemporary YA, For The Win: The Not-So-Epic Quest Of A Non-Playable Character is another tribute to gaming that's all about the heartbreak of unrequited love, while her light speculative YA romance The Summer Of Letting Go is a cathartic tearjerker a

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Patricia Evangelista

Patricia Evangelista is a trauma journalist and former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler. Her reporting on armed conflict and disaster was awarded the Kate Webb Prize for exceptional journalism in dangerous conditions. She was a Headlands Artist in Residence, a New America ASU Future Security Fellow, and a fellow of the Logan Nonfiction Program, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Her work has earned local and international acclaim. She lives in Manila.

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Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr.

Ronaldo Soledad Vivo, Jr. is the author of the Dreamland Trilogy—'Ang Kapangyarihang Higit sa Ating Lahat' (The Power Above Us All), 'Ang Bangin sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa' (The Abyss Beneath Our Feet), and 'Ang Suklam sa Ating Naaagnas na Balat' (The Loathe Within Our Rotting Flesh). He is an award-winning author, having been a finalist for both the Madrigal-Gonzales First Book Award and the National Book Awards for novels, and a recipient of the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera for short fiction. He is the founder of UngazPress, a collective of writers from the town of Pateros. As a musician, he operates Sound Carpentry Recordings, which releases music on cassette, CD, and vinyl for worldwide distribution. He also serves as the drummer for bands

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Yvette Tan

YVETTE NATALIE U. TAN is a Manila-based horror writer. Her works have been published in The Philippine Free Press, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Manila Times, Uno magazine, Rogue magazine, Story Philippines, and the Philippine Genre Stories, among others.

Her fiction has also appeared in anthologies such as Sleepless in Manila and Philippine Speculative Fiction II and III.

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Russell Molina

RUSSELL MOLINA is a Filipino children’s book author and graphic novelist.

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.

For his stories, he has won in numerous awards shows, including the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, The PBBY Salanga Writer’s Prize, The PBBY Alcala Illustrator’s Prize,

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Ricky Lee

Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright.

He has written more than 150 film screenplays since 1973, earning him more than 50 trophies from various award-giving bodies, including a 2003 Natatanging Gawad Urian Lifetime Achievement Award from the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Filipino Film Critics). As a screenwriter, he has worked with many Filipino film directors, most notably with Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films have been screened in the international film festival circuit in Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, among others.

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Marites Dañguilan Vitug

Marites Dañguilan Vitug is a highly respected Filipino investigative journalist, author, and the editor-at-large for the news organization Rappler. Her work focuses on Philippine justice, security, and political affairs, particularly issues involving China and the South China Sea.

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Jessica Zafra

Jessica Zafra (born 1965) is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today), as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip. She currently writes a weekly column for The Philippine Star which is called, Emotional Weather Report. She resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel. She also managed the Eraserheads during the 90's.

Her work often are about current events (both Philippine and international), tennis, movies, music, cats, books, technology and her pe

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Gideon Lasco

Gideon Lasco, MD, PhD is a physician, medical anthropologist, and writer. He is senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines Diliman's Department of Anthropology, research fellow at the Ateneo de Manila University's Development Studies Program, and honorary fellow at Hong Kong University's Centre for Criminology. He is currently based in Mexico City where he is doing comparative research on COVID-19 responses, and language studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

His collection of essays, The Philippines Is Not A Small Country, was published by the Ateneo de Manila Press in September 2020, and his ethnographic monograph on human stature, Height Matters, The Making, Meanings, and Materialities of Human Stature in the P

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Merlinda Bobis

Merlinda Bobis is an award-winning contemporary Philippine-Australian writer who has had 4 novels, 6 poetry books and a collection of short stories published, and 10 dramatic works performed. For her, ‘Writing visits like grace. Its greatest gift is the comfort if not the joy of transformation. In an inspired moment, we almost believe that anguish can be made bearable and injustice can be overturned, because they can be named. And if we’re lucky, joy can even be multiplied a hundredfold, so we may have reserves in the cupboard for the lean times.’

Born in Tabaco in the Philippines province of Albay, Merlinda Bobis attended Bicol University High School then completed her B.A. at Aquinas University in Legazpi City. She holds post-graduate degr

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Patricia Evangelista

Patricia Evangelista is a trauma journalist and former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler. Her reporting on armed conflict and disaster was awarded the Kate Webb Prize for exceptional journalism in dangerous conditions. She was a Headlands Artist in Residence, a New America ASU Future Security Fellow, and a fellow of the Logan Nonfiction Program, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Her work has earned local and international acclaim. She lives in Manila.

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Lucia Asul

Lucia Asul is an Ilonggo painter and comic creator based in Quezon City, Philippines.

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Josue Mapagdalita

Josue Mapagdalita (b. 1996) is a Filipino writer. He is the author of “Mula sa Kilometer Zero” (“From the Kilometer Zero”), a collection of 40 Filipino flash fiction set in Metro Manila, Philippines. His second book, “Still Here”, a two-in-one book of journal and prose poetry for mental health, is set to be published in 2024.

Josue’s life challenges shaped his literature. Being a corporate slave prevented him from writing long forms and redirected him to writing flash fiction and prose poetry instead, both of which, according to his fellow writers, he had “mastered”. Growing up in poverty and witnessing firsthand the plight of the Filipino masses made him associate himself to literary realism; even in his romantic fiction, he subtly depicts

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Marivi Soliven Blanco

Marivi Soliven is a Filipina author based in America where she works as an interpreter. Her background as a writer includes having taught creative writing at the University of the Philippines, the Ayala Museum, and the University of California in San Diego. The Mango Bride has earned her a Hedgebrook writing residency last August 2012, and in 2011, garnered the Grand Prize for the Novel in English at the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Soliven has authored other works, namely Suddenly Stateside and Spooky Mo.

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Frank Lynch

Frank Lynch was born in the tiny hamlet of Quiogue, NY on the eastern end of Long Island. Growing up he always looked forward to trips to places like Freedomland, Palisades Amusement Park, Chicos Monkey Farm and the circuses that visited the area including Ringling Brothers, the Royal Wild West and the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers shows. In later years, the author became involved in concert operations, exotic animal training, age and weight guessing, flea circuses and tourist attraction management. He also married his now long suffering but understanding wife Barbara and helped raise his two talented and beautiful daughters Shannon and Diana. "

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Beatrice Pobre

Beatrice Pobre grew up reading classics and literary fiction from a young age. She was born and raised in the Philippines where she continues to reside with her husband, her daughters, her cats, and her library full of books and graphic novels. She has an MSc. in Dentistry and is an Orthodontist by trade but considers herself to be a writer at heart. The Town of Perpetual Autumn is her first novel.

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Joel Donato Ching Jacob

Joel Donato Jacob, aka Cupkeyk, is a member of Linangan ng Imahen, Retorika at Anyo, the Philippines’ longest standing literary organisation. He hikes up at least one mountain a month and plays role-playing games or board games with friends weekly. He is an advocate of reproductive health, ethical veganism and fitness.

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Jaileen F. Jimeno

Jaileen “JJ” F. Jimeno is an investigative reporter who worked, left and returned to many news companies such as DZRJ, DWAN, ABC5, ABS-CBN, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, and GMA Network, Inc. She started her career as a production assistant and then became a researcher, newswriter, reporter, program manager, and Senior Assistant Vice President of News and Current Affairs of GMA 7. She also writes for various media platforms.

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Wincy Aquino Ong

Wincy Aquino Ong is a Filipino author, illustrator, musician, director, actor, and podcaster.

He is mostly known as a songwriter for the bands Narda, Us-2 Evil-0 and Patience Dear Juggernaut, the director behind the films San Lazaro and Overtime, and an actor in the TV series Rakista. He is also the co-host of the podcast, The Telebabad Tapes.

He has written for various publications such as The Philippine Star, Esquire, Northern Living, 8list.ph, Windowseat.ph, amongst others. His first published short story appeared in Neil Gaiman's Expeditions Prose Vol. 1, The Philippine Graphic / Fiction Awards.

He wrote the liner notes for the Eraserhead's Circus limited edition vinyl release.

He currently resides in Makati, with his wife Cj de Silva, and

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Katrina Stuart Santiago

Katrina Stuart Santiago is a Filipino writer, essayist, and critic known for her insightful commentary on Philippine arts, culture, and politics. She is also a co-founder of Everything's Fine, an independent bookstore, gallery, and small press in Manila.

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Glenn Diaz

Glenn Diaz’s first book THE QUIET ONES (Ateneo Press) won the Palanca Grand Prize and Philippine National Book Award. His second novel YÑIGA was a finalist for the 2020 Novel Prize. He holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Adelaide. He lives in Manila.

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Noel Aquino

Noel Aquino is a Filipino American makata (poet) who loves to write about the simple things in life, turning the mundane into the extraordinary. He reflects his diverse interests in his poetry, be it by the words, by the music pairing, or through captions.

Whenever he is not writing, he spends time with his loved ones, cooking food, playing board games and video games, watching k-pop concerts, and enjoying nature.

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Just Villanueva

Just Villanueva is a writer of dystopia, SF, and urban fantasy. He often incorporates workplace romance, corporate life and totalitarian regimes into his weird, technological dystopias. His stories are inspired by Philip K. Dick, George Orwell, Scott Westerfeld, Aldous Huxley, George R.R. Martin, and Philip Pullman.

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Melany Heger

Melany Heger is a licensed psychologist and nonfiction author who writes about healing, growth, and motherhood. She holds a master's in psychology and has worked extensively in mental health and workplace well-being. Connect with her here on Goodreads or through her author site at https://melanyheger.com/

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Simon Lysdahlgaard

Simon Lysdahlgaard (b. 1989) is a Danish researcher and writer based in Esbjerg. For more than five years, he has worked in healthcare research with a focus on radiography, radiology, and artificial intelligence, publishing numerous scientific articles and winning international prizes for his work. While science demands precision and strict formats, Simon’s creative writing opens another side of him—one that thrives on storytelling, humor, and cultural encounters.

He is married to Athina, whom he met across borders, and together they are raising their son, Lukas. Their love story, spanning Denmark, the Philippines, and the Maldives, became the foundation for his memoir Min kone er filippiner (My Wife is a Filipina). In it, Simon blends perso

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Linda Ty-Casper

Linda Ty-Casper is a highly-acclaimed Filipino writer. She was born as Belinda Ty in Manila, Philippines in 1931. Her father worked in the Philippine National Railways; her mother was a school teacher and textbook writer. It was her grandmother who told her stories about the Philippine struggle for independence, a topic she picked up in her novels. She has law degrees from the University of the Philippines and Harvard. However, erroneous and biased statements in books at Widener Library converted her into an advocate, through faithfully researched historical fiction, of Filipino's right to self-definition/determination.

Her numerous books are generally historical fiction. The Peninsulars centers on eighteenth-century Manila; The Three-Corner

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Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz is the Palanca award-winning author of Women Loving (2010), the first sole-author collection of lesbian-themed stories in the Philippines, which is now available in an e-book entitled Women on Fire (2015). She is Associate Professor of creative writing at the University of the Philippines Mindanao. She has presented her work in literary festivals and events in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and Australia. Her work appears in the “New Asia Now” issue of Griffin Review, the anthologies The Near and the Far: New Stories from the Asia-Pacific Region (2016), and Sanctuary: Short Fiction from Queer Asia (2019). Cruz has received several Philippine writing fellowships and an international

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