Honorio Bartolome de Dios is a development professional and writer from Marilao, Bulacan. He has a degree in Sociology and works with national and international development organizations as a humanitarian worker, researcher and trainer on participatory action research and disaster risk reduction. In 2005, he led the formation of Naratibo, a community of Filipino narrative writers which conducts workshops for both established and aspiring writers.His short stories have appeared in various literary and academic anthologies and received the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature. In 1998, his collection of short stories Sa Labas ng Parlor was published by the University of the Philippines Press. He teaches part-time in Ateneo de Manila University and farms in Legaspi City, Albay.