Alice Tan Gonzales has a Ph. D. in English Studies: Creative Writing from UP Diliman. She teaches at the Division of Humanities, UP Visayas and writes poetry, drama and fiction in Hiligaynon.
She has five books: Sa Taguangkan sang Duta kag Iban Pa nga Sugilanon, 2009; May Isa ka Kuring nga Hari kag Iban Pa nga
Sugilanon para sa Kabataan, 2010; Ilongga: Madamo nga Guya, 2015; and Istoryahan Ta Ka Uli (deconstructions of folktales), 2016; and Si Ani, ang Manugdala sang Kasanag (story for children with English translation), 2019.
In 2014, she received the Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame Award for her short stories in Hiligaynon.
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