Jessica Zafra


Jessica Zafra 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 work often are about current events, 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

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, a collection of her essays as a columnist for the newspaper Today, as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip. 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

Books

500 People You Meet in HellManananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Short Stories, 1992Womenagerie and Other Tales from the Front, 1995Twisted, 1995Twisted II: Spawn of Twisted, 1996Fruitcake, 1997 Planet of the Twisted, 1998Chicken Pox for the Soul, 1999Twisted IVTwisted VTwisted 6Tw7stedTwisted 8: Night of the Living TwistedTwisted Flicks, 2007Twisted Travels

Magazines

Manila EnvelopeFlip (as Editor-in-Chief

Filmography

Television

Points of View, Studio 23

Other works

CDs

  • ''Twisted's Greatest Hits''

Radio shows

Twisted on a Sunday, 103.5 K-Lite FM

Awards