Author: Sigrid Gayangos

Sigrid Marianne Gayangos was born and raised in Zamboanga City. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in Mindanao Odysseys: A Collection of Travel Essays, Fantasy: Fiction for Young Adults, Maximum Volume: Best New Philippine Fiction 3, Philippine Speculative Fiction 12, Philippines Graphic, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and The Best Small Fictions 2019, among other places. In 2018, she won the Carlos Palanca Award for her poetry collection for children entitled “Of Monsters, Math and Magic.” Currently based in Quezon City, she divides her time between training a bunch of mathletes and finishing her first collection of short stories.

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