Award-winning Filipino author, journalist, and editor reclaiming queer Filipino youth stories with newsroom precision and luminous empathy.
Synopsis
Stephen Norries A. Padilla—Steno in print—graduated BA Journalism cum laude from UP Diliman and cut his teeth in national newsrooms. Reporting for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, researching for GMA News, and now editing at MIMS Philippines, he holds space where rigor meets tenderness.
His debut YA novel Ang Lihim sa Tore ng Sinagtala won the inaugural Lampara Prize, planting queer Filipino love at the heart of mainstream shelves. Workshop fellowships in Baguio, UP, and the Cordillera sharpened his mission: document identity, community, and healing across the archipelago.
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