Victoria Grageda-Smith is an award-winning Filipino American author published in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her poems were finalists in the 2024 Yellow Arrow Publishing Chapbook Contest, 2017 New Millennium Poetry Awards, 2016 Edwin Markham Poetry Award Contest, 2016 Knightville Poetry Contest, and 2016 Crosswinds Poetry Journal Contest and appear in, among others, Reed Magazine, Slippery Elm Journal, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, New Millennium Writings, and Dicta. Her poetry collection, WARRIOR HEART, PILGRIM SOUL: An Immigrant’s Journey (CreateSpace, 2013), was well received by Kirkus Reviews. She wrote the novel, THE THOMASITE (Orange Blossom Publishing, 2023); the award-winning novella, FAITH HEALER (Brain Mill Press, 2016); and the first place-winning story, Portrait of the Other Lady (Ventura County Star, November 28, 2004).