Married, with 3 grown-up kids & 6 grandchildren, has a postgraduate degree in sociology. His research works were published in journals & mags in the Phil. & in Germany. Also dabbles in creative writing, his KOILAWAN(Xulon Press, 2007)was published in 2007 & in the Top 100 Bestselling Inspitational Books on Amazon.com & Borders.com for 7 weeks. It also was in the Top 100 Most Requested English Books on Amazon.de (Germany) for 8 weeks. It is available online in 27 countries. PRAISING ALL SEASONS LONG: Haiku Verses (Comfort Publishing, Jan. 2009)is also available in several countries. Third book, BEDTIME-PASTIME is a collection of short stories, folktales, & essays on three tribes of Mindanao(Philippines). It will be launched at Bukidnon State Univ. sometime next year; hopefully, during the 2nd death anniversary of his co-author, Dr. Genoveva Melendez-Ablanque. Ed currently is also pitching to a publisher another book of 250 Christian haiku & senryu, THE HEALING GARDEN OF VERSES. Hopefully, THE HEALING... will be published late this year. Edmund has started writing his first novel, THE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER'S WIFE. Ed & his family resides in Pasadena, CA USA.