2nd post for the 1st blog entry - Filipino Authors

Here are three Filipino authors whom i want you guys to know

Marivi Soliven Blanco ("Chun," Second Prize, 1992 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature) earned a master's degree in teaching from Simmons College in Boston, U.S.A. She received her bachelor's degree in mass communications magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines. Ms. Blanco is the author of The Unicorn, The Toad and the Princess, Philippine Fright: 13 Scary Stories, Chief Flower Girl, as well as all the books in the Jenny and Jay Pinoy Private Eyes series.

Norma Olizon-Chikiamco ("Pan de Sal Saves the Day," First Prize, 1995 Don Carlos Palance Memorial Awards for Literature) graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from St. Theresa's College. She is currently editor in chief of Food Magazine and a former editor of Sunday Globe Magazine, Metro Magazine, and Celebrity Magazine.

Leoncio P. Deriada ("The Man Who Hated Birds," First Prize, 1993 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature) has a doctorate in English literature from Silliman University, a master's degree in English from Xavier University, and a bachelor's degree in English cum laude from Ateneo de Davao University. Dr. Deriada is the award-winning author of The Road to Mawab and Other Stories, The Dog Eaters and Other Plays, Night Mares, and The Week of the Whales.

guess that makes three...:D

sources:
http://pinoylit.webmanila.com/filipinowriters/goldenloom.htm#MariviSolivenBlanco