Autor/-in: The Ang Ink Artists Collective

May Tobias-Papa. is a professional mom-splainer, and kiddifier of difficult subjects. May's portfolio as writer and illustrator of children's books includes works that have been recognized with the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, National Children's Book Award Best Reads, Philippine Quill Awards, American Association of School Librarians, and Kirkus Star. Liza Flores. is one of the leading children's book illustrators in the Philippines. Her books The Secret Is in the Soil. and Ang Maliit na Kalabaw. have been included in the National Children's Book Award Best Reads. She mentors illustrators from different countries through Room to Read, an inter-national nonprofit organization. Liza also runs Studio Dialogo, a graphic design studio in Manila. She designed KarapatDapat. (2018), which was included in The White Ravens list. The Ang Ink Artists Collective. is the Philippines' first and only organization of artists dedicated to children's illustration, and Asia's leading children's book illustrator collective. The group, established in 1991, consists of the best visual artists working in the country today, many of whom have won local and international awards and recognition for their work. See below for full biographies of the 29 illustrators who contributed to The Amazing Beasts of Philippine Mythology.