Linda Ty-Casper, one of the foremost figures of Philippine historical fiction, was born in 1931 in Malabon, Philippines. Born Belinda Ty during the American occupation of the archipelago, the prolific writer spent her youth in wartime, enchanted by her grandmother’s stories of revolution and rebellion. She studied law at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and at Harvard University in Cambridge. She married Leonard Casper, an American literary critic, in 1956. For her writing, Ty-Casper received grants and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute, the Djerassi Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, as well as accolades such as the S.E.A. Write Award. Including more than sixteen books, Ty-Casper’s oeuvre is praised for being meticulous in detail and research, all the while grappling with Philippine history.
Books written by Linda Ty-Casper:
The Transparent Sun (short stories), Peso Books, 1963
The Peninsulares (historical novel), Bookmark 1964
The Secret Runner (short stories), Florentino/National Book, 1974
The Three-Cornered Sun (historical novel), New Day, 1974
Dread Empire (novella), Hong Kong, Heinemann, 1980
Hazards of Distance (novella), New Day, 1981
Fortress in the Plaza (novella), New Day, 1985
Awaiting Trespass (novella), London, Readers International, 1985
Wings of Stone (novella), London, Readers International, 1986
Ten Thousand Seeds (historical novel), Ateneo, 1987
A Small Party in a Garden (novella), New Day, 1988
Common Continent (short stories), Ateneo, 1991
Kulasyon: Uninterrupted Vigils (collected first chapters), Giraffe, 1995
DreamEden (historical novel) Ateneo 1996 and University of Washington Press 1997
A River, One-Woman Deep: Stories (novella and short stories), PALH (Philippine American Literary House), 2017; University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2018
Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark?: Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper (biography), PALH (Philippine American Literary House), 2022
