Michelle Cruz Skinner (born 1965) is a Philippine-born educator and writer living in Hawaii.[1]

The daughter of an American father from Indiana and a Filipino mother from Manila, she was born in Manila and spent her formative years at the United States Naval Base Subic Bay before moving to Honolulu in 1983.[2] She was educated at the University of Hawaiʻi and Arizona State University and went on to teach at Punahou School in Honolulu.[1] Her story "Faith Healer" was included in the 7th Annual PEN Syndicated Fiction Project in 1988.[3] Her second book Mango Seasons was nominated for the 1996 Philippine National Book Award.[4]

Selected works[1]

  • Balikbayan, short stories (1986)
  • Mango Seasons, short stories (1996)
  • In the Company of Strangers, short stories (2009)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Xu, Wenying (2012). Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater. p. 247. ISBN 978-0810873940.
  2. ↑ Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. pp. 303. ISBN 9780415159814.
  3. ↑ "Featured Panelists". First Philippine Literature Festival. University of Hawaii.
  4. ↑ "2010 Global Filipino Literary Awards". www.oovrag.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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