M. Evelina Galang is the author of story collection, Her Wild American Self (1996), two novels, One Tribe(2006) and Angel De La Luna and the Fifth Glorious Mystery (2013) and the nonfiction book Lola’s House: Filipino Women Living with War (2017). She is the editor of the award-winning anthology Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images  (2003). Her story collection, When the Hibiscus Falls is forthcoming with Coffee House Press in the summer of 2023. Among her numerous awards are a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2018, and the Zalaznick Distinguished Visiting Writer at Cornell in 2020. She directed the Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami from 2009-2019 and served as VONA Board President from 2018-2023. Galang lives in Miami, where she continues to teach creative writing.

Website: www.mevelinagalang.com

Twitter Username: @HerWildAmSelf

Publications

• Her Wild American Self , Coffee House Press (April 1996)
• One Tribe , New Issues Press (March 2007)
• Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images , Coffee House Press (October 2003)
• Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery , Coffee House Press (November 12, 2013)
• Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War , Curbstone Press (September 15, 2017)

Employment

• Professor at University of Miami (August 2002 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from Colorado State University (May 1993)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Screenwriting