Randy Ribay

Randy Ribay was born in Manila and grew up in the Midwestern United States, visiting the Philippines periodically. He received his Bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master’s in Language and Literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His novels include An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes (2015), After the Shot Drops (2018), and Patron Saints of Nothing (2019), which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. His interest in writing the novel stemmed from his experience growing up Filipino American; he hadn’t read many books that explored that experience. He currently lives in Stanford, California with his wife and teaches high school English.