Born and raised on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh (“Vancouver”), C.E. Gatchalian (he/him) is a Filipino diasporic queer author, playwright, producer, consultant and teacher.

The author of six books and co-editor of three anthologies, he was the 2013 recipient of the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, awarded annually by The Writers’ Trust of Canada to an outstanding emerging LGBTQI+ writer. He is also a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and the recipient of two Jessie Richardson Awards for his work as a theatre artist and producer. He has been Playwright-in-Residence at the Firehall Arts Centre (Vancouver) and the Vancouver Playhouse, Artist-in-Residence at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education (Vancouver), EDI Scholar-in-Residence at UBC Library (Vancouver), Writer-in-Residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House (Vancouver) and Berton House (Dawson City, YT), and Creator-in-Residence at Factory Theatre (Toronto). Formerly Artistic Producer of the frank theatre company, Vancouver’s professional queer theatre company, his plays have been produced locally, nationally and internationally.

His memoir, Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty and the Making of a Brown Queer Man, was published in Spring 2019 by Arsenal Pulp Press. He is the co-editor of Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing (Cormoranf Books). In 2022 he was a recipient of the one-time only British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Arts & Music Awards for his contributions to the arts in BC. His plays, which have been produced nationally and internationally, include Falling in Time (Scirocco Drama) and the theatre for young audiences play People like Vince. He now lives in Tkaronto (“Toronto”).