Miguel Paolo Celestial is an award-winning poet from the Philippines. His first book of poetry, 𝑆𝑎 𝐼𝑘𝑎-𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑜 𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜 (𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙), received the Philippine National Book Award for Bes…
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations over the years.
Edward Morgan Forster, generally published as E.M. Forster, was an English novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class differenc…
In 1999, Besson, who was a jurist at that time, was inspired to write his first novel, In the Absence of Men, while reading some accounts of ex-servicemen of the First World War. The novel won the Emm…
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…
Rolando B. Tolentino is an associate for fiction of the UP Institute for Creative Writing. He is a faculty member of the UP Film Institute. He is the founding chair of Katha, the fictionists group in …
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…
Beverly Wico Siy grew up in a house that overlooks the sea in a busy district called Ermita in Manila. She loves swimming as a child and, now, she is a licensed scuba diver. Beverly has written in one…
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…
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…
John Bengan is a writer and translator from the Philippines whose work has appeared in Likhaan, Kritika Kultura, BooksActually's Gold Standard, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Words Without Borders, L…
