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Twisted Series
Series · 9 books · 1995-2011

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#1

Twisted

1995

Book by Zafra, Jessica
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Twisted II

Spawn of the Twisted

1996

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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Twisted 3

Planet of the Twisted

1998

Jessica Zafra was born and raised in Manila. She attended St. Theresa's College QC, where she never ate fishballs because her parents told her they were crawling with germs. Then she went to the Philippine Science High School, where she was editor-in-chief of the school paper for two years and participated in a science experiment which resulted in a massacre of chickens. At the University of the Philippines she majored in Comparative Literature. ate fishballs, and did not get infected. Jessica has written five books, including <>, and two previous "Twisted" compilations. She has won Palanca Awards, managed a rock band, and recorded a spoken-word album. Her column "Twisted" appears twice weekly in Today, and she hosts a chat show on 103.5 K-Lite, 3-6 p.m. Sundays. Her hobbies are watching movies and decapitating her enemies with her broadsword. Crawl on your bellies, for universal domination is nigh.
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Book IV

The Twisted Menace

1999

Jessica Zafra writes a column in TODAY, hosts a Sunday afternoon talk show on 103.5 K-Lite, and is one of the hosts of Points of View on Studio 23. She can write longhand backwards, terrify humans without even trying, and remember things you forgot that you told her years ago. She can not cook, swim, or ride a bicycle. For more information on Jessica Zafra than you can possibly have use for go to www.twisted.com.ph.
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Twisted V

2000

Generation X icon Zafra continues her quest for world domination as she rants, complains, reminisces, and comments on anything and everything under the sun with her usual acerbic humor.
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Twisted 6

2002

Generation X icon Zafra continues her quest for world domination as she rants, complains, reminisces, and comments on anything and everything under the sun with her usual acerbic humor.
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Tw7sted

2005

Jessica Zafra writes a column for Today. She has hosted talk shows on TV and FM radio, published and edited a magazine, recorded an audio book, appeared in a movie, and written a collection of short stories. Her goal is to focus. Jessica lives in Makati with her cats Koosi, Saffy, and Mat.
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Twisted 8

The Night of the Living Twisted

2007

Exactly what one would expect from a Jessica Zafra collection: essays pertaining to cats, books, film, travel, tennis, and personal diaries, plus 3 Bonus Tracks of unpublished short stories. It is our contribution to the campaign to reduce the amount of stupidity in the world
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Twisted 9

2011

Jessica Zafra lives in Manila with her three cats. Her column appears in the Philippine Star. For more information than you need, visit JessicaRulesTheUniverse.com.

Author

Jessica Zafra
Jessica Zafra
Author · 23 books

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.

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