Draft:Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is a Filipino-Canadian author, known for the 2023 novel Reuniting with Strangers. The book was included on CBC's list "The best Canadian fiction of 2023".

Her short story collection Reunification Stories for Caregivers and the Ones Who Love Them was runner-up for the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Authors Award. She is the founder of Filipino Talks, an organization that surveys Filipino families to help prepare educators to assist them. Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is a founding member of Pluma, a collective of Toronto-based Filipino writers and a former staff member at The Philippine Reporter.

Personal Life
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. She lives in Toronto with her husband.