Heidi Emily Eusebio-Abad is an Associate Professor at the Department of English & Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines , Diliman. Aside from teaching grammar, composition, language and literature courses, she also handles creative writing classes, specifically workshops on writing for children and young adults. Heidi has written a number of poems and stories for children, most of which have been published in anthologies, magazines and literary journals. Her books for children are Abot Mo Ba ang Tainga Mo ? (Adarna House, 2001) which won the NBDB Gintong Aklat Award for Children's Literature in 2002; Ball of Wax (Lampara Books, 2001); Magnificent Pearl (Paulines Publishing, 2002); Colorless Rainbow (Paulines Publishing, 2002); and Polliwog's Wiggle (Adarna House, 2004). Heidi is a member of the Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (Kuting), an organization of Filipino writers for children and young adults. She is happily married and has four children, three girls and a boy.

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