Denny R. (born 11 February 1994,
San Pablo City,
Laguna, Philippines), commonly known by her
pseudonym
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HaveYouSeenThisGirL, is a Filipino author. She is best known for her novel, ''
Diary ng Panget
The ''Diary ng Panget'' (''Diary of an Ugly'') is a tetralogy series of romantic comedy novels by a Wattpad author under the name of HaveYouSeenThisGirL. The original, unedited story was first posted on the online literary site Wattpad. The st ...
''. It first appeared on
Wattpad
Wattpad is an online literature platform intended for users to read and write original stories. The founders Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen say that the platform aims to create social communities around stories and remove the barriers between readers a ...
and was later published as a paperback by PSICOM Publishing Inc. A
film adaptation
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of her work was released in April 2014.
Personal life
Denny was born in
San Pablo, Laguna
San Pablo, officially the City of San Pablo ( fil, Lungsod ng San Pablo), is a 1st class component city
A city ( fil, lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( ...
, where she studied from kindergarten to high school. She studied graphic advertising at Superiore I.P.C. Strocchi in Italy.
She returned to the Philippines to study at
Far Eastern University
Far Eastern University (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Malayong Silanganan''), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private non-sectarian Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Manila, Philippines ...
.
Works
Denny began writing stories at the age of 13.
Her book, ''
Diary ng Panget
The ''Diary ng Panget'' (''Diary of an Ugly'') is a tetralogy series of romantic comedy novels by a Wattpad author under the name of HaveYouSeenThisGirL. The original, unedited story was first posted on the online literary site Wattpad. The st ...
'' (Diary of an Ugly) has been a commercial success
and widely followed in Wattpad.
The book has been adapted into a
film
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. She also wrote ''
She Died
''She Died'' is a Filipino comic series written by Wattpad author HaveYouSeenThisGirl and illustrated by Enjelicious. The original, unedited story was first posted on the online literary site Wattpad. The story was the first one to get its own Fil ...
'', a manga series that also has been published on
Wattpad
Wattpad is an online literature platform intended for users to read and write original stories. The founders Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen say that the platform aims to create social communities around stories and remove the barriers between readers a ...
. Her other works include ''
Voiceless
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'', that became popular because of the book's theme song "Hear Me", ''Waiting for the Train'' (under the GOLD Manga Series), ''Steps to You'', ''That Girl'', ''One Bad Move, I Met A Jerk Whose Name Is Seven'' and ''10 Signatures To Bargain With God''.
In 2021, she published a romantic-comedy book ''The Most Painful Battle'' under PSICOM Publishing Inc.
References
External links
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Living people
1994 births
Filipino writers
Far Eastern University alumni
People from San Pablo, Laguna
Writers from Laguna (province)
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