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It is Filipino American History Month!!! Aka the best month of the year (with the added bonus of having Halloween being this month too).
To start off this month, I wanted to share some of my favorite Filipino American authors to follow (in no particular order)!
To start off this month, I wanted to share some of my favorite Filipino American authors to follow (in no particular order)!
1) Randy Ribay ( @randyribay)
Author of After the Shot Drops, An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes, and Patron Saints of Nothing
Author of After the Shot Drops, An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes, and Patron Saints of Nothing
3) Erin Entrada Kelly ( @erinentrada)
Author of Lalani of the Distant Sea, We Dream of Space, The Land of Forgotten Girls, Hello, Universe, and many more!!
Author of Lalani of the Distant Sea, We Dream of Space, The Land of Forgotten Girls, Hello, Universe, and many more!!
6) Roshani Chokshi ( @Roshani_Chokshi)
Author of The Gilded Wolves series, The Star-Touched Queen series, the Pandava Quartet series, and many more!
Author of The Gilded Wolves series, The Star-Touched Queen series, the Pandava Quartet series, and many more!
11) Melissa de la Cruz ( @MelissadelaCruz)
Author of the Blue Bloods series, the Disney’s Descendants books, the Witches of East End series, the Alex and Eliza trilogy, Something in Between, and much MUCH more!
Author of the Blue Bloods series, the Disney’s Descendants books, the Witches of East End series, the Alex and Eliza trilogy, Something in Between, and much MUCH more!
12) Matt Ortile ( @ortile)
Author of The Groom Will Keep His Name, also the founding editor of Buzzfeed Philippines and the managing editor of Catapult!
Author of The Groom Will Keep His Name, also the founding editor of Buzzfeed Philippines and the managing editor of Catapult!
17) Michi Trota ( @GeekMelange)
Michi is the first Filipino American Hugo award winner and former managing editor of Uncanny Magazine. They’re also the EIC of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Also I know this image isn’t a cover, but look at how badass they are.
Michi is the first Filipino American Hugo award winner and former managing editor of Uncanny Magazine. They’re also the EIC of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Also I know this image isn’t a cover, but look at how badass they are.
Okay that’s all I have right now and if there’s anyone I didn’t think of, please let me know!
Also I know that I said no particular order but looking at it now I’m definitely biased towards YA and MG books. My bad
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Also I know that I said no particular order but looking at it now I’m definitely biased towards YA and MG books. My bad
Curating this list also made me realize how many writers I follow who are actually Filipino-Canadian and not Filipino-American. So if there’s anyone you think should be here but isn’t, it might be because they’re Canadian!
Last thing I want to add:
Five years ago, I truly thought I was an outlier for being a Filipino-American woman pursuing creative writing as a career. My brain would never have been able to comprehend having a list of almost 20 Filipino-American writers back then.
Five years ago, I truly thought I was an outlier for being a Filipino-American woman pursuing creative writing as a career. My brain would never have been able to comprehend having a list of almost 20 Filipino-American writers back then.
So to see it here right now, all laid out (and not even a full list of Filipino-descent writers and editors that I know of!!) makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts"> I am so excited to see what we do in the future https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
Thank you to @turner_tasha for sharing this list with me!!! There are more books in the thread too. I will add them to this list as well! https://twitter.com/turner_tasha/status/1311890003098820609">https://twitter.com/turner_ta...
Half Filipino characters!! Like me!!! I am so excited for this list!!! https://twitter.com/turner_tasha/status/1311890140789342209">https://twitter.com/turner_ta...
I know Romance Class is mainly mainland Filipino authors, but this list is awesome if you’re looking for Filipino romance! https://twitter.com/turner_tasha/status/1311890300231708672">https://twitter.com/turner_ta...
And last addition, a thread by @luckychan for those looking for SFF books by Filipino authors! https://twitter.com/luckychan/status/1274584432104607744">https://twitter.com/luckychan...
Here are two more! Can’t believe I forgot these! https://twitter.com/letsgocecilia/status/1312045125393018880">https://twitter.com/letsgocec...
