Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III is the author of the novel Aklat ng mga Naiwan (2018), co-editor and co-translator of Wiji Thukul’s Balada ng Bala, translator of Mga Himutok sa Palikuran (2021), the Filipino-language edition of Eka Kurniawan’s collection of stories, and co-editor of Ulirát: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines.