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Dulce Amor Mariano is a freelance writer, translator, licensed professional teacher, and a mother of four adorable boys. Based in Ilocos Norte, she is currently studying for a diploma in language and literacy education, hoping to be instrumental to the development of reading skills among Filipino children.

Her amateur writing career started at twelve years old, when she wrote a Backstreet Boys fan fiction (with herself as the main female lead of Nick Carter). Aside from the pen, she also has a love-hate relationship with the pencil, as she used to be a comic illustrator before she entered the world of work.

With her children showing interest in drawing super cars, designing Beyblades, and painting planets, she hopes she has passed on to them her (currently unused) talent for drawing. A bookworm since she learned how to read, she hopes to be able to tackle her growing pile of unread books one of these days.