Shirley Siaton

Shirley Siaton-Parabia is an award-winning author in English, Filipino and Hiligaynon. Her first two books are the 2023 poetry collections 'Black Cat and other poems' and 'Dance in the Dark: Poems from the dead of night.' Her next book, 'Always, Yours: Facets of Love,' a romantic fiction and poetry anthology, will be out in March 2023.

She is a literary and journalism honors recipient of the Stevan Javellana Foundation, Philippine Information Agency, and West Visayas State University. Her essays, fiction and poetry have been published in The Philippine Star, Panay News, Daily Informer, MOD Magazine and Glitter Magazine. Her plays have been staged at the University of the Philippines-Visayas.

Shirley is a black belt in Shotokan Karate, an international certified fitness coach, and an avid powerlifter. She lives in Muscat with her husband and daughter, where she is writing her next book.

To know more about Shirley and her work, visit her website: http://shirleysiaton.com