Author: Escoda, Jose Ma. Bonifacio M.
Alternate names: Boni Escoda
Born: May 14,1954
Bio: **Jose Maria Bonifacio Escoda** y Minguez is a product of Adamson University's Boys High School (Batch 72) and  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ( CLAS ) A.B. Psychology (1979)   and Graduate School of De La Salle, Manila . 
His next book will be Basketball History:Philippines (basketball in the country from 1900-present) 
Escoda's first attempts in literature was poetry before his exposure to Theater Arts -acting, writing and directing  a number of plays after a formal training by renown PETA actors  in  Theater Arts at Our Lady at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Murphy,  Cubao Quezon City. 
He became a faculty member of Adamson University since school year 1981 teaching Spanish grammar and literature and other subjects  as well, Philippine Lit., Psychology, Philosophy and other social science subjects.  
He contributed  articles pertaining to spiritual matters ( the Divine Mercy devotion and others) history and sports to the major national dailies.
The gifted speaker speaker and sharer of  Life in the Spirit Seminars contributed his stock knowledge and wisdom  as resource person in Channel 4's Hour of Great Mercy and radio stations. He became co-anchor and anchorman of radio programs from 1992-94) DZXQ and DWDD ( host of  Yesteryears) where he shared his all-around knowledge in history and religion and sports. He became the host of Pamilya of Divine Mercy Channel (a global cable network ) and guests since 2002.   
He is the son of prize-winning poet Ramon Escoda ( Zobel Prize 1936 for a book of Spanish verses Canto del Solitario) and  pre WWII reporter and political analyst and editor of El Debate, contributor to pre Martial Law Philippine Free Press, Weekly Graphic and staff of The Weekly Nation.