Grace R. Monte de Ramos

Grace R. Monte de Ramos is the translator Ang Bukid Nga Nahigugma Sa Langgam, the Binisaya (Cebuano) version of Alice McLerran’s The Mountain That Loved A Bird. She is a poet whose works have been published in the literary journals Caracoa, Ani, Sands and Coral, Likhaan, and Philippine Studies. Her poems have also appeared in textbooks and anthologies of Philippine literature and feminist poetry. In 2003, “Brave Woman” was chosen for inclusion in the book Poets Against the War, a collection of the best anti-war poems from among 13,000 submissions by writers opposed to war with Iraq. Grace earned her degree in Creative Writing at Silliman University, where she studied under the guidance of the country’s most distinguished literary couple, Edilberto K. Tiempo and Edith L. Tiempo. She first taught literature at Silliman, then worked at the Cultural Center of the Philippines before deciding to be a hands-on mother. When she is not taking care of her children, their father, and the house cat, she writes, reads, edits other writers’ manuscripts, and tries to solve Su Doku puzzles.

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Rene O. Villanueva

Rene O. Villanueva has published more than 60 storybooks for children for various publihers, including Aklat Adarna, Tahanan Books for Young Readers, Lampara, Cacho publishing and Anvil Juvenile. Among his popular works for children are Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan, Barumbadong Bus, and Carancal. His latest publication is Sa Dako Pa Roon, a translation of stories by the Brothers Grimm. Rene was former head writer of Batibot, a pioneer in reasearch-based educational TV for children in the Philippines. For several years, he served on the board of Philippine Board on Books for Young People, representing writers. He served as associate professor at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines. He passed away on December 5, 2007. He was 53.

(Photograph above of Rene O. Villanueva © 2006 by Mark Taguiwalo)

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Herminio S. Beltran, Jr.

Herminio S. Beltran, Jr. began writing verses at age 9 and translating Iloko stories to English at 13. He is the author of two books of poetry in Filipino, Iloko and English: Bayambang (1991) and Lemlunay (2003). His essays in Filipino won the Gawad Alab ng Haraya given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2002. As head of the Literary Arts Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, he supervises the nationwide implementation of the Batang-Sining Creative Expression Workshop, which was cited by the Philippine Board on Books for Young People as one of the outstanding projects for children’s education in 2006.

(Photograph above of Herminio S. Beltran, Jr copyright © 2006 by Mark Taguiwalo)

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Genevieve L. Asenjo

Genevieve L. Asenjo is a poet, fictionist, researcher, translator, cultural worker, and Assistant Professor at De La Salle University-Manila. She is the author of Pula ang Kulay ng Text Message (University of San Agustin Press, 2006), a poetry collection in Kinaray-a and Filipino, and taga-uma@manila kag iba pa nga pakipagsapalaran (NCCA, 2005), a collection of stories in Kinaray-a. She is a three-time Don Carlos Palanca awardee for her stories in Hiligaynon and two-time Home Life Magazine awardee for her poems in Filipino. She is a member of Philippine International-PEN, Philippine Studies Association, and the NCCA Translation Committee. She has published in national anthologies, magazines, and journals. She has earned writing fellowships and served as panelist in writing workshops. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and is now completing her Ph.D. in Literature at DLSU. She is from Tobias Fornier, Antique and has studied at UP in the Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo. Know more about Genevieve at http://www.friendster.com/sadyah

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Alice McLerran

Alice McLerran has been publishing internationally since her career began. The Mountain That Loved a Bird – her first picture book – appeared with the original art in Japanese, Finnish, Spanish, German and French translation, and with new art in Russia. More recently, it was reillustrated twice more: first in Pakistan, then in India. With the art developed for India it is now published also in Lebanon and Turkey. Her second picture book, Roxaboxen, received a Southwest Book Award and has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Urdu, and Korean. Other titles have also received honors, and in 2005 Alice was chosen for the Judy Goddard Arizona Children’s Author Award.

Alice’s earlier background includes research and teaching in anthropology, and program evaluation in the mental health field. She now combines writing with sharing global travels with her husband, a physicist. When in the U.S., they enjoy homes on both coasts – one near the sea in New York, the other in the mountains of Oregon.

You are invited to learn more about Alice at www.AliceMcLerran.com

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Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo

Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo is an illustrator and book designer. Her work in children’s books are in Sampaguita by Maria Elena Paterno, Junior Starfish and the Rainbow by Mirava Yuson and Alfred Yuson, Kuwentong Kalikasan Katha ng Kabataan, Ragamuffin Kid by Grace Chong, and The Christmas Fireflies by Girl Valencia which won as Best Book in Children’s Literature for 2004 in the Philippine National Book Awards. Her work is also in more than 30 published titles, including books by three Philippine National Artists: The Dances of the Emerald Isles by Leonor Orosa Goquingco, Patterns for the Filipino Dress (From the Traje de Mestiza to the Terno) by Salvador Bernal, and the 2004 edition of Culture and History by Nick Joaquin.

Beaulah is a founding member and former officer of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan, a former member and Chairman of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, and a member and Regional Advisor of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her earlier background includes leaving home at age 11 to be among the first batch of government scholars at the Philippine Science High School, teaching Mathematics at the University of the Philippines, and working as Art Director and Manufacturing Manager at a monthly magazine for middle managers in Asia.

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(Photograph above of Beaulah Taguiwalo copyright © 2006 by Mark Taguiwalo)

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