Jia Tolentino

Jia Tolentino (born 1988) is an American writer and editor, born in Toronto, Canada, to Filipino parents and raised in Texas. Famous Birthdays. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker, previously deputy editor at Jezebel, and author of the bestselling essay collection Trick Mirror, a finalist for multiple awards including the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Jia.blog. Tolentino holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MFA from the University of Michigan, and has received the Whiting Award and Jeannette Haien Ballard Prize.