Nagsusulat ako para sa aking sarili, para sa anak ko at mga pamangkin, para sa aking mga estudyante, para sa mga batang Pilipino. May mga aklat na habang binabasa ko ay pakiramdam ko, sinulat ito para sa akin. Dahil sa mga aklat na ito, nakilala ko ang aking sarili at lumawak ang aking mundo. Gusto kong maramdaman din iyon ng batang magbabasa sa aking sinulat.
Magbigay ng tatlong salita upang mailarawan ang karanasan mo bilang isang fellow ng Kuwentong Musmos Workshop?
Sa Sampung Eroplano, talagang bumitaw ako dahil wordless book ito. Kahit hindi ko pa kilala kung sino ang gagawa ng illustrations, buo ang tiwala ko sa kanya, sa editors at sa Adarna. Natuwa ako nung nalaman ko na si Pergy ang artist. Sabik akong makitang mabuo ang kuwento dahil nasa kanya yung kalahati.
For as long as she can remember, Liwliwa Malabed has been telling stories—her classmates crowding around her as she drew stick figures to accompany her imagination gone awry. She started writing them down after college, with a wealth of children’s storybooks for inspiration. Her first story, Anya and Her Tears, won in MMPI Dreamweaver’s Contest for original bedtime story and illustration (published in Family Reader Magazine). The same story got her a job as a staff writer for Eskwela ng Bayan, a curriculum-based children’s show.
She received awards for her books and stories including a National Book Award for 100 Questions Filipino Children Ask (with Emylou Infante), PBBY Honorable Mention for Gusto Ko Nang Lumaki!, Lampara Prize Honorable Mention for The Girl Who Always Looked At People’s Shoes and Second Prize Samsung Kids Time Authors’ Awards for Apuy’s Fury. She has written 15 books for children. She also wrote scripts for Sirit!, Jollitown, Probe Production’s travelogue Cheche Lazaro Presents and ABS-CBN’S The Filipino Channel. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in European Languages and her Master’s Degree in Teaching in the Early Grades from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños.
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