Armine Rhea Mendoza is one of the most prolific writers of contemporary

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in the

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. Using the pseudonym Camilla, which Mendoza adopted from a female warrior in the ''

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'' as well), Mendoza writes for Precious Heart Romances (PHR), the

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brand published by Precious Pages Corporation since 1992. She was a magazine writer and editor before writing popular romance novel in a full-time capacity.

Biography

Mendoza studied at the

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and the

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. A productive romance-genre writer, Mendoza produces around thirty manuscripts annually. Her career in romance novel writing was influenced and jump-started by an aunt, Nanay Binya. Mendoza borrowed from her aunt's collection of Tagalog romance books that were published during the 1990s in order to study the style of popular romance writing. The characters in her romance books include ''Karen Kerengkeng'', a female

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