Alfred A. Yuson, nicknamed Krip, has authored 22 books thus far, including novels, poetry collections, short fiction, essays, children's stories, biographies and coffee-table books, apart from having edited various other titles, including several literary anthologies. He has gained international and local distinctions such as the Rockefeller Foundation grant for residency in Italy, the SEAWrite (SouthEast Asian Writers) Award bestowed by Thai royalty for lifetime achievement, and a place in the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He has also enjoyed fellowships in various international writing programs, and participated in literary conferences, festivals and reading tours all over the world. He is a founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC), Creative Writing Foundation, Inc. (CWF) and Manila Critics Circle, and is currently Chairman of UMPIL (Writers Union of the Philippines), as well as a board member of the Movie and Television Ratings and Classification Board (MTRCB).

Yuson has a FAMAS Award and a Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA) for a feature-length film screenplay. He has been a documentary filmmaker and scriptwriter, as well as a book, magazine and newspaper editor and designer. He serves as Philippines Editor for MANOA: A Pacific Journal of International Writing, published by the University of Hawaii. He contributes a weekly literature and culture column to The Philippine Star, and teaches fiction and poetry at Ateneo de Manila University, where he held the Henry Lee Irwin Professorial Chair.

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