LINDA TY-CASPER had graduated from her studies in Law from the University of the Philippines and Harvard when she came across erroneous and biased books at Widener Library. She abandoned Law and became an advocate, through faithfully researched historical fiction, of the Filipino’s right to self-definition/determination.
Her 16 books of fiction deal with Philippine events from the 18th century, the 1896 Philippine revolution, the Philippine-American War (1898-1902), World War II, on to the Martial Law years of the Marcos Dictatorship, and the post-Marcos days until the early 2000s.
She edited her husband’s biography, Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark: Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper, (PALH 2023 The next near 2024, Exploding Galaxies reissued her The Three-Cornered Sun. She also wrote her memoir, Lives Remembered, a Memoir (PALH 2025). Her A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition and Fortress in the Plaza, Revised Edition were released by PALH in 2026.
Ms. Casper’s awards include the SEA Write Award, the ALIWW Parangal, UNESCO/P.E.N., Rockefeller (Bellagio), Radcliffe Fellowship, among others. Her stories have been published in Antioch Review, The Asia Magazine, Windsor Review, Hawaii Review, Triquarterly, among many others.
The following are books by Linda Ty-Casper published by PALH (Philippine American Literary House),
A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition
by Linda Ty-Casper
PALH 2026, 177 pages
ISBN: 978-1-953716-55-2 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-953716-56-9(Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-953716-576 (Ebook)
A Small Party in a Garden, Revised and Critical Edition, re-introduces an important historical novella that was first published 38 years ago. Written by award-winning Filipina writer, Linda Ty-Casper, A Small Party in a Garden is set in the Philippines during the Marcos Dictatorship. The story's protagonist is a privileged woman who is the right-hand woman of Imelda Marcos, and who learns first hand what brutality meant under Martial Law. This revised and critical edition has an Introduction by Dr. Charlie Samuya Veric, Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University, who analyzes the novella in terms of its continued historical and literary significance. Dr. Lynn M. Grow, Emeritus Senior Professor of English at Broward College gives a comprehensive overview of Linda Ty-Casper's literary works.
Linda Ty-Casper is the author of over sixteen books, which generally deal with Philippine historical and political themes. She is the recipient of the SEA Write Award, UNESCO/P.E.N., Rockefeller Bellagio, Radcliffe Fellowships and other awards. Her literary work is considered a significant contribution to Filipino, Philippine American, as well as Asian American literature. Her works of fiction are so powerful that two of her novels, Wings of Stone and Awaiting Trespass, were banned in the Philippines during the Marcos Dictatorship; the books were published in London.
Her recent books include the biography of her husband:: Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark: Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper, and Lives Remembered, A Memoir
Book Review of A Small Party in a Garden: Revised and Critical Edition: by Eileen Tabios in The Halo-Halo Review
Introduction of A Small Party by Charlie Samuya Veric, published in Esquire Magazine - https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/books-and-art/gardens-and-mountains-of-philippine-literature-a7837-20260108-dyn
