Norma Olizon-Chikiamco, The Philippine STAR

Norma Olizon-Chikiamco divides her time between writing about food and writing stories for children. But sometimes she gets them all mixed up, as when she wrote “Pan de Sal Saves the Day,” and named the children after different types of bread. The Palanca Award-winning story published by Tuttle Publishing in Vermont, USA, now has a companion activity book. At home, her husband Calixto and daughters Pia and Clarissa call her “The Boss.”