Gwendolyn Zepeda
Encyclopedia
Gwendolyn Zepeda is an American
author.
In June 1997, Zepeda started an online journal called Gwen's Trailer Trash Page. It eventually evolved into Gwen's Petty, Judgmental, Evil Thoughts. She is notable as one of the first bloggers to write and sell a book, and also as a Latina author and the first Latina blogger.
Her first book, To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him, was a short story collection published by Arte Publico Press
in 2004.
Her first novel, Houston, We Have a Problema is a chick lit
novel and was published by Grand Central Publishing January 2009.
Her first picture book, Growing Up with Tamales, was published by Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
, in May 2008. It is a 2009 Charlotte Zolotow
Highly Commended Title and was nominated for a Tejas Star Award.
Pinata Books published her second picture book, Sunflowers, in May 2009.
Zepeda was one of the founding members of Television Without Pity. She recapped the television shows Ally McBeal
and 7th Heaven
from 1999 to 2001 under the name Gwen.
She also blogs for the Houston Chronicle
.
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author.
In June 1997, Zepeda started an online journal called Gwen's Trailer Trash Page. It eventually evolved into Gwen's Petty, Judgmental, Evil Thoughts. She is notable as one of the first bloggers to write and sell a book, and also as a Latina author and the first Latina blogger.
Her first book, To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him, was a short story collection published by Arte Publico Press
Arte Público Press
Arte Público Press, in Houston, Texas, is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors, part of the University of Houston. It publishes approximately 30 titles per year....
in 2004.
Her first novel, Houston, We Have a Problema is a chick lit
Chick lit
Chick lit is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. The genre sold well during the 1990s and 2000s, with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit...
novel and was published by Grand Central Publishing January 2009.
Her first picture book, Growing Up with Tamales, was published by Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
Arte Público Press
Arte Público Press, in Houston, Texas, is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors, part of the University of Houston. It publishes approximately 30 titles per year....
, in May 2008. It is a 2009 Charlotte Zolotow
Charlotte Zolotow
Charlotte Zolotow is an American author, poet, editor, and publisher of many books for children ....
Highly Commended Title and was nominated for a Tejas Star Award.
Pinata Books published her second picture book, Sunflowers, in May 2009.
Zepeda was one of the founding members of Television Without Pity. She recapped the television shows Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
and 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...
from 1999 to 2001 under the name Gwen.
She also blogs for the Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
.
External links
- Official website
- Author Gwendolyn Zepeda speaks at Houston Community College (2007 podcast reading)
- Zepeda, Gwendolyn "The Quinceanera I Was Too Poor to Have". "The Latina Voz"
- Zepeda, Gwendolyn "Car Wash" recap on Television Without Pity
- Zepeda, Gwendolyn Interview with Eric Ladau of KUHF.