Mark Fermill is a Filipino indie author of queer romance and contemporary fiction. His stories often follow gay characters navigating modern-day relationships in the Philippines. Recent titles include…
Bob Ong is a bestselling Filipino author best known for his humor, with works spanning multiple genres and recognized as modern classics. Some of his books have been selected as required reading in sc…
Norman Wilwayco is an award-winning author who has published five books. These are “Mondomanila,” “Responde,” “Gerilya,” “Rekta,” and his most recent, “Migrantik.” His novels “Mondo” and “Gerilya” hav…
John Jack G. Wigley became deputy director of the UST Publishing House in June 2010, where he previously served as officer-in-charge and assistant to the director. He has co-authored two books on Phil…
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeou…
Ian Rosales Casocot has won the Don Carlos Palanca Award, the NVM Gonzalez Prize, and the Fully-Booked/Neil Gaiman Philippine Graphic/Fiction Award for his fiction. He was a fellow for fiction in the …
Segundo Matias Jr. is a recipient of numerous literary award giving bodies, which include three Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippine’s most prestigious—known as the “Pulitzer …
Si Chuckberry J. Pascual ay isang Pilipinong manunulat ng mga maikling kuwento at dula. Siya ay pinanganak at lumaki sa Malabon, laki sa lola dahil sa parehong OFW ang kanyang mga magulang. Sa kanyang…
Tara Frejas is a cloud-walker who needs caffeine to fuel her travels. By day, she works in project management and events, and she writes down her daydreams at night. She began publishing fiction for p…
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), a…
Mica De Leon is the author of six books published by Penguin Random House SEA. Her first novel, Love on the Second Read, is a rom-com set in the Philippines about two Filipino book editors. She is als…
Anthony Shieh (pronounced /Shyeh/) is a Taiwanese Filipino-Dutch novelist and speaker based in Manila. He is the author of Lies We Live With (Penguin Random House SEA, 2026), Head by the Ceiling (Anvi…
Beatrice Pobre grew up reading classics and literary fiction. She was born and raised in the Philippines where she continues to reside with her husband, her children, her cats, and her library full of…
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 …
