Jessica Zafra

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Jessica Zafra (born 1965) is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today). She currently writes a weekly column for The Philippine Star. She resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel.

Her work has been the subject of academic study. Content analysis of the Twisted series reveals Zafra's disdain for men in general, and Filipino men in particular, whom she finds "stupid and weak". Most of her positive descriptions of men were reserved for foreign celebrities like Mel Gibson, David Duchovny, Goran Ivanisevic and Sting.^[1]

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Current Works 1.2 Books 1.3 Magazines 1.4 CDs 1.5 Television Shows 1.6 Radio Shows 2 Awards 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Works

[edit] Current Works

• "Emotional Weather Report" (column), The Philippine Star (Fridays)
• "Manila Envelope" (magazine)
• "JessicaRulestheUniverse.com" (blog)

[edit] Books

• 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 the 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
• Twisted Travels

[edit] Magazines

• Flip (as Editor-in-Chief)

[edit] CDs

• Twisted's Greatest Hits

[edit] Television Shows

• "Points of View", Studio 23

[edit] Radio Shows

• "Twisted on a Sunday", 103.5FM K-Lite

[edit] Awards

• 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"

[edit] External links

• JessicaRulesTheUniverse.com
• Jessica Zafra Podcast
• Works by or about Jessica Zafra in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

[edit] References