Thea Guanzon

Thea Guanzon writes the kind of fantasy that feels like a storm breaking over warm seas, lush, unpredictable, and charged with emotion. Her debut novel The Hurricane Wars soared onto the New York Times and international bestseller lists, introducing readers to a world steeped in Southeast Asian myth and threaded with the kind of slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance that keeps pages turning long past midnight. Its sequel, A Monsoon Rising, only deepened that spell, carrying her vision of war, heritage, and desire into even more intricate and dangerous terrain.

Born in Bacolod City in the Philippines, Guanzon grew up surrounded by the rhythms of Visayan life, from sugarcane fields to stories whispered at the edges of folklore. Those roots shape her writing, where moon-eating serpents, tropical storms, and maritime traditions find their place alongside political intrigue and intimate human conflict. Before becoming an author, she worked in electoral management and women’s rights. These experiences sharpened her sense for power struggles and the quiet resilience of ordinary people, themes that echo through her novels.