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Jessica Zafra is a multimedia geek. Her column, Twisted, comes out thrice weekly in Today. She hosts a chat show on 103.5 K-Lite FM, and is the critic-at-large on Sky Channel 22's Friday newscasts. A live TV talk show is also in the works. For the film version of her life, she hopes to be portrayed by Kevin Spacey in a big-hair wig. She attended St. Theresa's College Queen City, the Philippine Science High School, and the University of the Philippines, where she major in Comparative Literature. Twisted II: Spawn of Twisted is Jessica's fourth book. Her previous books include Manananggal Terrorizes Manila (1992), a short story collection, the first Twisted compilation (1995) and Womenagerie. A three-time Palanca Awardee, she is the 1996 University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center National Fellow for the Essay. Jessica Zafra aspires to universal domination.
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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), as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip. She currently writes a weekly column for The Philippine Star which is called, Emotional Weather Report. She resides in Metro Manila, Philippines, where she is working on her first novel. She also managed the Eraserheads during the 90's. 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. Find out more about her here.
