“Write what feels real.”
about the author
Mari Jojie was born and raised in Taguig, Philippines. It was home for half of her life. Married to a US Navy combat veteran, she is grateful to have experienced living in other parts of the world, including these two very contrasting cities—the historic and authentic Napoli, and the forward-thinking and innovative Dubai. Currently, she resides in Oxnard, California, with her husband, daughter, and son.
Tokyo was the first foreign city she ever visited. She was there for one week as an exchange student representing the Philippine Red Cross.. Her fondest memory from that trip was a cup of creamy soup her host family served upon her arrival. For a teenage girl from a tropical country experiencing her first cold winter night, that warm, hearty soup tasted like heaven.
Many, many years later, in an attempt to finish the leftover baked ham from Thanksgiving, she put together some canned Campbell’s soup, heavy cream, corn, onion, and cubed ham in a crockpot. Three hours after, she had a flashback of that night as soon as she tasted her extempore dish. She unknowingly created the soup she thought was an impossible thing to ever taste again. She’s a believer of providential full circle.
A Hundred Silent Ways is her debut novel. And was for several years, just an imagined courage beyond her wishful thinking.
