Ulan, the Rain Maiden

About the Book

Ulan, the Rain Maiden is a Filipino folktale adaptation. Lola, the maternal grandmother, retells the story to her grandchildren when she sees rain on the car window. It is about two young people, Ulan and Datu, punished by Bathala, the god of the ancient Filipinos, for breaking a tradition.

About the Author

Allyn Cauagas Ryan was born in the Philippines and came to the United States in 1957 as a foreign student. Her studies at UCLA led to a BA in English and an MFA in Theater and Film. At UCLA, her story “A Trip to Manila” was a finalist in the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing contest. A one-act play, “The Earth Is a Silver Peso,” was produced at the old 3K7 Theater on campus. Other stories appeared in the Uclan Review and Westwind, as well as the University of the Philippines’ Literary Apprentice. She has previously published four books: Salt Mines, Phantom of Alabat, Ulan the Rain Maiden, and RM, a Biographical Novel of Ramon Magsaysay. Now a retired college instructor in English and English-as-a-Second-Language, she resides with her husband in Sun City Palm Desert and Twin Peaks, California.