Jessica_Zafra Knowpia

Jessica Zafra
Jessica Zafra
Born	1965 (age 58–59); Philippines
Occupation	Writer, columnist, editor, publisher, television host, radio host
Website
	jessicarulestheuniverse.com

Jessica Zafra (Tagalog: [dʒɛˈsika ˈsapɾa]; born 1965) is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher, and former television and radio show host.^[1] She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her work often are about current events (both Philippine and international), tennis, movies, music, cats, books, technology, and her personal life. Her work has been the subject of academic study. The main ingredient to her work is often fun cynicism and irony.

Biography edit

Zafra attended Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City, Quezon City, from prep school until the 6th Grade, after which she went to the main campus of the Philippine Science High School and then to the University of the Philippines where she majored in comparative literature.

Her most popular books are the Twisted series,^[2]^[3] a collection of her essays as a columnist for the newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today), as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip.^[2] She currently writes a weekly column for InterAksyon.com, the online news portal of TV5. She resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel. She also managed the Eraserheads during the 1990s.

Selected publications edit

Books edit

500 People You Meet in Hell
Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Short Stories, 1992
Womenagerie and Other Tales from the Front, 1995
Twisted, 1995
Twisted II: Spawn of Twisted, 1996
Fruitcake, 1997 (as editor)
Planet of the Twisted, 1998
Chicken Pox for the Soul, 1999
Twisted IV
Twisted V
Twisted 6
Tw7sted
Twisted 8: Night of the Living Twisted
Twisted Flicks, 2007
Twisted Travels
Twisted 8½
Twisted 9
The word-eaters
Geeks vs. Jocks, 2014^[4]
The Stories So Far, 2015^[4]
The Collected Stories of Jessica Zafra, 2019
The Age of Umbrage, 2020
' ' Portents

Magazines edit

Manila Envelope^[1]
Flip (as Editor-in-Chief

Filmography edit

Television edit

Points of View, Studio 23

Other works edit

CDs edit

Twisted's Greatest Hits'

Radio shows edit

Twisted on a Sunday, 103.5 K-Lite FM

Awards edit

1991 Palanca Award, 1st Place, Short Story Category for "Portents"
1993 Palanca Award, 3rd Place, Short Story Category for "Bad Boy, Robin, Baad, Baad Boy"
1994 Palanca Award, 3rd Place, Short Story Category for "Black"

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Jessica Zafra is Powerbooks' author of the month", The Manila Times, 11 February 2008, p. C1. Retrieved 20 November 2013
^ ^a ^b "Jessica Zafra and Cory Quirinoto Sign Books", Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 September 2002, p. E8. Retrieved 20 November 2013
^ "Review: Twisted 8 1/2 by Jessica Zafra", abs-cbnnews.com, 27 January 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2013
^ ^a ^b "Zafra's two new books". Philstar.com. Retrieved 7 December 2023.