Maritess Zurbano is the only Filipino-American magician in history. She performs and lectures on magic around the world. Her prose has won awards and grants including a Hedgebrook Residency. Her performances, plays, and prose details how she became a Las Vegas magician in a male-dominated field. These works have been produced in NYC theater festivals and across the country. Her books are currently being shopped to publishers, and opinion pieces at Ms. Magazine and The Seattle Times. Her play, "Make Maritess Zurbano Disappear" runs March 8-10 in Seattle. She's also working on a YA novel and her second memoir