10 Must-Read Pinay Authors

The women writers in Philippine lit are, as is true of all women in real life, multitaskers. They write across genres and hold many jobs almost always simultaneously, while seeing to the well-being of family, home, even nation, and churning out work that celebrates womanity in all its wondrous facets. Here, SPOT.ph lists 10 women authors whose works must not be missed.

Photos courtesy of Criselda Yabes, and from ninotchkarosca.blogspot.com, U.P. Writers Workshop (FH Batacan), admu.edu.ph (Angela Manalang Gloria), and Facebook (Gilda Cordero Fernando, Edith Tiempo, Doreen Fernandez, Jing Hidalgo, Paz Marquez Benitez)