M. Evelina Galang is the author of a previous story collection, Her Wild American Self (1996), two novels, One Tribe (2006) and Angel De La Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery (2013), and the nonfiction book Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War (2017). She edited the anthology Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images (2003). Galang directed the Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami from 2009 to 2019 and has served as VONA Board President since 2018. She lives in Miami.