Bored with college (despite the cute nerdy boy who keeps ending up as her study partner), Yanna’s existence is upended when COVID-19 hits Metro Manila. But really, whose wasn’t? In between trying to figure out if the world is ending and finding a date for her middle-aged dad, Yanna can’t believe Enzo (the cute nerdy boy) still keeps bugging her to study together. But when late-night study sessions turn into confessions of anxieties and a game of truth-or-dare, Yanna might actually find that being in the midst of a global pandemic may not just be doom and gloom after all. *This is a novelette at a little over 15,000 words.
Author
Reading and writing are close to Ines Bautista Yao's heart ever since she was a child. She graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in AB Communication Arts. She has been a teacher at the Assumption College San Lorenzo and the Ateneo de Manila University's English department. Her debut novel One Crazy Summer was first penned in 2007 when she was pregnant with her first daughter Addie. Being a mother has taken much of Ines' time so she was only able to write 13 pages of her novel. She completed her story in April 2011, while three-year-old Addie was sleeping and inspiration struck her again. Two months later her story was complete. After eight months, her dream of publishing her own book came true. The book was only launched last January 26, 2012, but Ines is already writing her second novel. Most readers can remember Ines as the former editor-in-chief of K-Zone Magazine and Candy Magazine . At present, Ines is working as an editor of Summit Books. She is also married to photographer Marc Yao, whom she says she consults whenever she's stuck in the middle of a story she's writing. Sources: One Crazy Summer Author Ines Bautista Yao on Juggling Writing and Motherhood by Belle Yambao Spotlight on Filipino Authors: Ines Bautista-Yao
