Victoria Grageda-Smith

Victoria Grageda-Smith is a first-generation Filipino US immigrant and lawyer turned award-winning American author published in all creative writing genres (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry).

Her debut literary historical novel, THE THOMASITE, was released by Orange Blossom Publishing on May 30, 2023. She’s also the author of the Driftless Unsolicited Novella Award-winning FAITH HEALER (Brain Mill Press, 2016). Her short story, "Portrait of the Other Lady," won first place in the Fifth Annual Ventura County-Ventura County Star short story contest and was published by the Ventura County Star (November 28, 2004).

The anthology, OTHERS WILL ENTER THE GATES: IMMIGRANT POETS ON POETRY, INFLUENCES, AND WRITING IN AMERICA (Black Lawrence Press, 2015), includes her essay, “Gatekeepers and Gatecrashers in Contemporary American Poetry: Reflections of a Filipino Immigrant Poet in the United States.”

She’s also the author of the Kirkus-acclaimed poetry collection, WARRIOR HEART, PILGRIM SOUL: AN IMMIGRANT’S JOURNEY (Amazon, 2013). Her poetry is recognized with distinction by the Crosswinds Poetry Journal International Contest, New Millennium Poetry Awards, Knightville Poetry Contest, and Edwin Markham Poetry Award. Her poems appear in, among others, Slippery Elm Journal, Reed Magazine, Lyrical Iowa, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, and New Millennium Writings.

Among her newly-completed works being marketed to publishers and agents are DAUGHTERS OF THE BAMBOO (story collection manuscript) and MOTHER OF EXILES (poetry collection).

When Victoria isn't writing, she likes to read or walk in the woods and on the beach with her husband, children, and dogs at their home on an island in the Puget Sound.

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