M. Evelina Galang is an award-winning writer, whose short stories, novels, non-fiction and screenplays focus on the experiences of Filipino Americans, especially women and youth.
She is the author of "Her Wild American Self" (Coffee House Press, 1996) a collection of short fiction; the collection’s title story has been short-listed by both Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize. She also wrote a novel, "One Tribe" (New Issues Press, ’06). In addition to writing fiction and nonfiction, she is the editor of "Screaming Monkeys: Critiques Of Asian American Images" (Coffee House Press, 2003), which won ForeWord Magazine’s Gold Book of the Year Award for 2003.
Galang's other numerous awards include the 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights and the 2004 Association of Writers and Writers Programs (AWP) Prize in the Novel, for her latest book, "One Tribe" (2006 - New Issues Press).
In 2001, Galang was the Fulbright Senior Research Scholar in the Philippines where she continued her work on surviving comfort women of World War II for her forthcoming collection of essays, "Lolas' House: Women Living with War." She is also currently working on a screenplay, Dalaga.
Her writing has been widely published in numerous journals and magazines, including
MS Magazine,
American Short Fiction,
Quarterly West, and
Calyx.
