Gwendolyn Zepeda

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Gwendolyn Zepeda (born December 27, 1971 in Houston, Texas) is an American author.

In June 1997, Zepeda started an online journal called Gwen's Trailer Trash Page. It eventually evolved into Gwen's Petty, Judgmental, Evil Thoughts. She is notable as one of the first bloggers to write and sell a book, and also as a Latina author and blogger.

Her first book, To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him, was a short story collection published by Arte Publico Press in 2004.

Her first novel, Houston, We Have a Problema is a chick lit novel and will be published by Grand Central Publishing January 2009.

Her first picture book, Growing Up with Tamales, was published by Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press, in May 2008. It has been nominated for a Tejas Star Award. Pinata Books will publish her second picture book, Sunflowers, in Fall 2009.

Zepeda was one of the founding members of Television Without Pity. She recapped the television shows Ally McBeal and Seventh Heaven from 1999 to 2001 under the name Gwen.

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To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him. Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, 2004. (ISBN 1558854061)
Growing Up with Tamales". Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, 2008.
Houston, We Have a Problema. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
Sunflowers". Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, 2009.