Michelle Cruz Skinner

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 Rizal and spent her formative years at the Subic Bay Naval Base before moving to Honolulu in 1983.[2] She was educated at the University of Hawaii 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. 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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