Ty-Casper, Linda (1931–)

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Ty-Casper, Linda (1931–)

Filipino-American lawyer, novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: Linda Ty Casper. Born Linda Ty, Sept 17, 1931, in Manila, Philippines; dau. of Francisco Figueroa Ty (civil engineer) and Catallina (Velasquez) Ty (educator and writer) University of the Philippines, AA, 1951, LLB, 1955; Harvard University, LLM, 1957; m. Leonard Casper (writer and professor), 1956; children: 2.

A lawyer, who resides mainly in US, published The Peninsulars (1964), considered one of her best; also wrote The Three-Cornered Sun (1979), Dread Empire (1980), The Hazards of Distance (1981), Awaiting Trespass (1985), Fortress in the Plaza (1985), Wings of Stone (1986), Ten Thousand Seeds (1987) and A Small Party in the Garden (1988); published short stories in Asia Magazine, New Mexico Quarterly, Solidarity and in several anthologies, including The Transparent Sun and Other Stories (1963) and The Secret Runner and Other Stories (1974).

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