Nathalie is a Filipina-Canadian woman with light-medium tan skin and chin-length black hair smiles gently over her shoulder, wearing a forest-green dress and a black tote that reads “there is tsismis in this bag.” She cradles a paperback against a vibrant, book-spine–themed mural.

 

Nathalie De Los Santos (NAT-uh-lee dee lohs SAHN-tohs) (she/they) is a writer and creative. Nathalie De Los Santos is a writer and creative. She created PilipinxPages, a platform that features Filipinx authors. She was a fellow of the Lambda Literary Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, where she workshopped her YA fantasy novel Diyosa Mata under the tutelage of Aiden Thomas. Her short story Bakunawa and the Seven Sisters was shortlisted by Fractured Lit, and her novel Debt of the Heart was longlisted by Anvil Press. She is one of the key organizers of the Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. Her publications appear in Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing, The Globe and Mail, SAD Magazine, and more. She also hosts the Filipino Fairy Tales, Mythology, and Folklore podcast.