Gina ApostolGina Apostol's fourth novel, Insurrecto, was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Her third book, Gun Dealers’ Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award. Her first two novels, Bibliolesy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, both won the Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel (Philippine National Book Award). Her most recent work has focused on the Philippine -American War and acts of narration as forms of invention and liberation. Her essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Foreign Policy, Gettysburg Review, Massachusetts Review, and others. She grew up in the Philippines and lives in New York City and western Massachusetts. Read More Read Less