Joan Gallares

Joan Gallares is a Filipino writer, editor, and storyteller who has spent her career helping people pay attention to their lives and write them down. She is the founder of The Lifescribing Co and author of Lifescribing: A Soulful Companion for Writing Your Legacy Story, an Amazon No. 1 bestseller, and through her 40-week mentorship programme, she has guided many writers in turning their life stories into legacy books for their families. She presented her work at the Frankfurt Buchmesse 2025, when the Philippines was Guest of Honour, and is a recipient of the Women Changing the World Award for Women in Literature. Before founding Lifescribing, she spent two decades in publishing and media as a travel writer and editor, contributing to magazines including Travel + Leisure US and Southeast Asia editions. Jia the Storykeeper, her first book for children, grows from her belief that every family holds stories worth keeping, and that the young are their truest keepers.

Joan Gallares adalah seorang penulis, editor, dan pencerita asal Filipina yang telah mengabdikan kariernya untuk membantu orang lain memperhatikan kehidupan mereka dan menuliskannya. Ia adalah pendiri The Lifescribing Co dan penulis Lifescribing: A Soulful Companion for Writing Your Legacy Story, buku terlaris nomor satu di Amazon, dan melalui program mentorship 40 minggunya, ia telah membimbing banyak penulis mengubah kisah hidup mereka menjadi buku warisan bagi keluarga mereka. Ia mempresentasikan karyanya di Frankfurt Buchmesse 2025, saat Filipina menjadi Guest of Honour, dan merupakan penerima Women Changing the World Award untuk kategori Women in Literature. Sebelum mendirikan Lifescribing, ia menghabiskan dua dekade berkarier di dunia penerbitan dan media sebagai penulis dan editor perjalanan, berkontribusi untuk majalah internasional seperti Travel + Leisure edisi AS dan Asia Tenggara. Jia the Storykeeper, buku pertamanya untuk anak-anak, lahir dari keyakinannya bahwa setiap keluarga memiliki kisah yang layak untuk dijaga, dan bahwa anak-anaklah penjaga sejati kisah tersebut.