Stefani J. Alvarez (b. 1983, Cagayan de Oro) Creative non-Fiction writer, essayist, & immigrant Filipino artist based in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. At the annual Philippine National Book Awards, her collection of flash autofiction Ang Autobiografia ng Ibang Lady Gaga (Visprint, 2015) won Best Book of Nonfiction Prose in Filipino and her coming-of-age novel Kagay-an, At Isang Pag-Ibig sa Panahon ng All-Out War (Psicom-Literati, 2018) was finalist in the Best Book of Short Fiction in Filipino category. She also edited Saan Man: Mga Kuwento sa Biyahe, Bagahe, at Balikbayan Box (PageJump, 2017), an anthology of a hundred flash fiction written by overseas and local Filipino writers. Her other projects, Si Mimi at Si Miming (Vibal, 2020), an illustrated children’s book, Lama Sabactani: Isang Nobela, and Ibang Lady Gaga, Ang Muling Pag-ariba was launched this year. Her works have been translated to English, Cantonese, and Bahasa for Afterwork Readings of Para Site – Hong Kong. Some of her forthcoming collaborative projects have received grants from the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York, the Goethe Institut in Dubai and LGBTQ+ Positive Voices in the United Kingdom. Alvarez is also a fellow of various national writing workshops at University of Santo Tomas (2008), Palihang Rogelio Sicat (2012), University of the Philippines (2015), Ateneo (2016) and Iligan National Writing Workshop (2016).