Mica De Leon

Mica De Leon is a Filipino author of swoony romance comedy novels and epic fantasy novels. She is the author of three books published by Penguin Random House SEA. Her first novel, Love on the Second Read, is a rom-com set in the Philippines about two Filipino book editors. She is also the author of The Seedmage Cycle Trilogy—Winds Of War, Veins Of Power, and Seeds Of Conquest—which is an epic, high fantasy trilogy inspired by Philippine myths and folklore. Seeds Of Conquest and the upcoming sister romance books, Meant To Be In Manila and Last Chance La Union, are set for release in the coming months by Penguin SEA. She has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity. She is also the Executive Editor of Summit Books, one of the leading publishing houses in the Philippines, and has produced over 200 books in her ten years there. She is currently working on the sequel to her debut book.

Mica De Leon adalah pengarang asal Filipina yang menulis novel komedi romantis dan fantasi. Ia merupakan penulis dari tiga buku yang diterbitkan oleh Penguin Random House SEA. Novel pertamanya, Love on the Second Read, adalah komedi romantis yang berlatar di Filipina, yang menceritakan tentang dua editor buku di sana. Ia juga menulis The Seedmage Cycle Trilogy—Winds Of War, Veins Of Power, dan Seeds Of Conquest—sebuah trilogi fantasi epik yang terinspirasi oleh mitos dan cerita rakyat Filipina. Seeds Of Conquest dan dua novel romansanya yang akan datang, Meant To Be In Manila dan Last Chance La Union, terjadwal untuk dirilis oleh Penguin SEA dalam beberapa bulan mendatang. Mica telah memenangkan Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature pada tahun 2019 dan 2022 untuk esainya tentang romansa, feminisme, sejarah, fantasi, dan identitas Filipina. Ia juga merupakan Editor Eksekutif di Summit Books, salah satu penerbit terkemuka di Filipina, dan telah memproduksi lebih dari 200 buku selama sepuluh tahun kariernya di sana. Saat ini, ia sedang mengerjakan sekuel dari buku debutnya.