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Marivi Soliven has authored seventeen books, taught creative writing at the University of the Philippines and the University of California San Diego and was admitted to the Hedgebrook Writer-in-Residence Program in 2012. Her debut novel The Mango Bride won the 2011 Grand Prize at the Palanca Awards, the Philippine counterpart of the Pulitzer Prize. Additionally, two of her books for children were awarded silver medals at the 1991 and 1993 Palanca Awards. The film adaptation of her story "Pandemic Bread" has screened at film festivals across the country. Marivi writes and works as a Filipino interpreter in San Diego, California.