I will catch this furry monkey.

I am British SCBWI's webmaster and I passionately believe that the rise of the social web is an exciting opportunity for children's authors to engage with readers. I returned to my native Philippines in 2005, to write and present the Radio 4 documentary, Motherless Nation about the children left behind by migrant workers. The experience inspired me to write two novels, Volcano Child and Ugly City - both of which, I hope, puts a human face to third world calamity and globalization . Ugly City won a place in SCBWI's first Undiscovered Voices anthology. My short story How to Build the Perfect Sand Castle is featured in Under the Weather, an anthology of short stories on climate change published by Frances Lincoln and edited by Tony Bradman. I have written a short anthology of animal trickster stories for Oxford University Press and a series of stories for Cbeebies Radio on BBC 7. I am represented by Hilary Delamere of The Agency.