Liwayway Arceo (1924) wrote fiction, essays, journalistic pieces, radio and TV drama, and biographies (of saints) in Tagalog. In 1943, her short story "Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa", which is about lost love, was named Pangalawang Pinakamabuting Akdang Pilipino. She has produced more than a thousand short stories and 50 novels. In 1944, she starred with Carmen Rosales and Norma Blancaflor in the Japanese propaganda movie, Tatlong Maria.