Jonahmae Panen Pacala also known by her
pseudonym
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as Jonaxx, is a Filipino author, born on 23 January 1991 and hailing from
Cagayan de Oro
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,
Philippines
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. She is currently the most followed
Wattpad
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author worldwide with over 5 million followers and is widely known as the "Wattpad Queen" and "Pop Fiction Queen". Jonaxx is one of the all-time best-selling authors in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
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. In 2017, she has published around 150,000 copies of her books and was featured in ''
Yes!'' magazine. Her best works include Pop Fiction's ''Mapapansin Kaya?, Every Beast Needs A Beauty'', and the ''Baka Sakali'' Trilogy— some of which made it to
National Book Store
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's local fiction bestseller list.
Education
Jonaxx attended the
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
, mottoeng = "''The Truth shall set you free''" (John 8:32)
, type = Private Roman Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution
, established =
, founder ...
, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education in 2011.
Career
Jonaxx joined the online teen forum TeenTalk on the website candymag.com (the online affiliate of Candy magazine, published by
Summit Media
Summit Publishing Co., Inc., trading as Summit Media, is a Filipino digital lifestyle network in the Philippines. It has 15 media brands attracting around 20 million monthly unique visitors and approximately 33 million social media followers ...
), and she posted her work on “Creative Corner,” a TeenTalk subsection dedicated to poems and stories way back 2003.
In November 2012, acting on an old tip from one of her readers, Jonaxx signed up on the online writing platform
Wattpad
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to call out a user who had plagiarized one of her works. She then became the first Filipino writer to be
verified
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by
Wattpad
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and was followed by
Allen Lau Allen Lau is a Canadian and Chinese entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Wattpad.
Biography
Lau was born in Hong Kong, and at age 19, he immigrated to Canada where he attended St. Robert Catholic High School and the University of Toront ...
on the platform.
In March 2017, she ended her Pop Fiction run with the release of an entire trilogy, the ''Baka Sakali'' Trilogy, which was launched in one of the biggest book signing events by a single author by a local publisher. Summit Books held the book signing in
Filoil Flying V Arena
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.
In December 2018, the Alegria Boys Boxed Set was launched under Jonaxx’s own imprint Majesty Press. It was held in the
Filoil Flying V Arena
The Filoil EcoOil Centre, formerly Filoil Flying V Centre, Filoil Flying V Arena and The Arena in San Juan, also known as the Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People (initials taken after former mayor and president Joseph Estrada's nic ...
. Two years after the launch, MPress’ Alegria Boys Boxed Set remains as one of the bestselling books.
In November 2019,
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born Cristina Pantoja on 21 August 1944) is a Filipina fictionist, critic and pioneering writer of creative nonfiction. She is currently Professor Emeritus of English & Comparative Literature at the University of the Phil ...
acknowledged the natural talent of writers like Jonaxx in her speech at the 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, saying that the author is “so big that the company has created an imprint just for her".
In September 2020, Jonaxx was included in a module as one of the ''Tanyag na Manunulat'' in the Philippines together with the national hero
José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...
.
In March 2021, the acclaimed poet-writer
Jerry Gracio, named Jonaxx as one of the most influential writers over the past 10 years in the Philippines together with
Bob Ong
Bob Ong is the pseudonym of a contemporary Filipino author known for using conversational writing technique to create humorous and reflective depictions of Philippine life. The author's actual name and identity are unknown.
Career
Bob Ong pursued ...
,
Conchitina Cruz
Conchitina "Chingbee" R. Cruz is a Filipina poet who teaches creative writing and comparative literature at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.
Biography
Formerly an INTARMED student, Cruz shifted to the University of the Philippines' ...
, and Allan Popa.
On April 24, 2022, Jonaxx was awarded the
Silver Play Button for surpassing 100,000 subscribers on
YouTube
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. As of August 2022, her
TikTok
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TikTok is an international version ...
hashtag
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– #jonaxx has exceeded over 600 million combined views, despite not having an official account on the platform.
Jonaxx has written over 40 books and 17 books were published in the mainstream. Her works are written in
Taglish
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and have inspired fierce loyalty and great dedication among
fans
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, who are one of the most active in the local romance novel scene. Due to her immense popularity, her stories have also been published and sold at bookstores. Since their publication, her books have consistently ranked among the Top 10 bestselling local novels at the
National Book Store
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. On Summit Books’ Pop Fiction, Sizzle, and Majesty Press, she has published stories from the Elizalde Brothers Series (''Heartless'' and ''Worthless''), the Good Lips Series (''Every Beast Needs A Beauty''), the Art of Seduction Series (''Training To Love'' and ''Why Do You Hate Me?''), the Jimenez Cousin Series (''Chase and Hearts''), the Alegria Boys Series (''Mapapansin Kaya?'', ''Baka Sakali'', ''End This War'', and ''Tale From Alegria''), and the Azucarera de Altagracia Series (''Against The Heart, Getting To You, Hold Me Close,'' and ''Never Get Past Him).''
She has also
self-published
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her stories from the Montefalco Series (Until Trilogy – ''Until He Was Gone, Until He Returned, Until Forever''), the Good Lips Series (''One Night, One Lie'' and ''Give In To You''), ''24 Signs of Summer'', and the Costa Leona Series (''Scorching Love'', ''Waves of Memories'', ''Island of Fire'', ''Blown by the Wind'', ''What Lies Beneath the Sand'', ''Sands of Time'', ''Ruling the Wild Waves'', and ''Sunburned Heart'').
Other very popular series and stories by Jonaxx are the Azucarera Series, Del Fierro Series, Alegria Girls Series, Nuevo Series, After The Last Series, City of Embers Series, Rara Avis Series, Viejo Series, and many more to come which can be read in her own app.
Bibliography
After The Last Series
#''Hushed Thunder''
Alegria Boys Series
#''Baka Sakali Trilogy''
#''Mapapansin Kaya?''
#''End This War''
Alegria Girls Series
#''Whipped: Entice''
#''Ripped: Freya''
#''Tripped: Lilienne''
Art of Seduction Series
#''Training To Love''
#''Why Do You Hate Me?''
Azucarera Series
#''Against The Heart''
#''Getting To You''
#''Hold Me Close''
City of Embers Series
#''When The Parade Ends''
Costa Leona Series
#''Scorching Love''
#''Waves of Memories''
#''Island of Fire''
#''Blown by the Wind''
#''What Lies Beneath the Sand''
#''Sands of Time''
#''Ruling the Wild Waves''
#''Sunburned Heart''
#''Whispers of the Wind''
#''Love in the Dark''
#''Kissing the Dust''
#''Sweet Flames of Vengeance''
#''After the Chains''
#''The Sun's Heartbeat''
Del Fierro Series
#''One Rebellious Night''
#''The Beast in Paradise''
#''Giving You Wildfire''
Elizalde Brothers Series
#''Heartless''
#''Worthless''
Good Lips Series
#''Every Beast Needs A Beauty''
#''One Night, One Lie''
#''Give In To You''
Jimenez Cousins Series
#''Invisible Man''
#''No Perfect Prince''
#''Chase and Hearts''
Montefalco Series
#''Until Trilogy''
#''To Stay''
#''To Fall Again''
#''To Be With You''
#''To Get Over You''
#''From Afar''
Nuevo Series
#''From the Start''
#''It Was You''
#''Till the Very End''
One Shot
#''Nung Na-realize Mo Na''
Rara Avis Series
#''Shelter in Your Fingertips''
#''A Call to Your Arms''
Stand Alone Stories
#''Downfall Chronicles''
#''Just That''
#''24 Signs of Summer''
#''Remembering Summer''
Viejo Series
#''Light A Candle''
#''In Front of the Mirror''
#''At Midnight''
Majesty Press
In July 2017, Jonaxx launched her own imprint, Majesty Press (MPress) under
Summit Media
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. Majesty Press is a publisher of Jonaxx stories. It publishes the unabridged, uncut versions of her stories— some of which contain new and special content written exclusively for the MPress books imprint. In April 2020, Majesty Press released
eBooks
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for the published books under MPress on
Shopify
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. In April 2022, all of the books published under MPress were made available on
Google Play Books
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.
Jonaxx Stories app
On July 26, 2020, Jonaxx launched her own free online reading application, Jonaxx Stories, on
IOS
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, and on August 7, 2020, it was released on
Android. On February 23, 2021, Jonaxx Stories surpassed one million downloads on
Google Play Store
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. On April 15, 2022, Jonaxx Stories ranked no. 2 in the Top Free Books iPhone Apps in
App Store in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, behind
Wattpad
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.
Awards and Recognitions
* Most Followed Wattpad Author Worldwide
* The Best-Selling Author
* The Most Influential Writer/Author
* One Of The Asian Popular Writers
* Tanyag Na Manunulat
*Jaw Dropping Plot Twist Author
*Pop Fiction Queen
* Writer of the Year (2013)
* Most Active Writer Of the Year (2013)
* Best Romance Story (2013) – Chase and Hearts
* Best Teen Fiction Story – Invisible Man
* Best Story of the Year (2013) – Baka Sakali
* Best Romance Story (2013) – Baka Sakali
* Best Non Teen Fiction Story (2013) – Baka Sakali
* Summit Media Queen (2014)
* Gawad Kasulatan Awardee (2014)
* Filipino Readers Choice Award for Romance in Filipino (2015) – Heartless
* Best General Fiction Story – Heartless
* MyWattysChoice (2015) – To Stay
* People's Choice Award (2015) – Until Trilogy
* Best Romance Story – Until Trilogy
* Watty's People Choice Award – Tripped
* Best Writer in Watty's Best of the Best Awards (2017)
* Best International Story by The Fiction Awards (2019) – Until He Was Gone
References
External links
Official Website*
*{{Twitter, jonaxx_WP
1991 births
Living people
Filipino women writers
Filipino writers
People from Cagayan de Oro
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan alumni