She wrote her senior thesis on China under Professor Roderick MacFarquhar. magna cum laude in government and international relations. Wen studied at Harvard University, earning her B.A. As a Presidential Scholar, she was invited by the Taiwanese government to attend the study tour program at Chien Tan, which eventually formed the setting of her first novel, Loveboat, Taipei. Presidential Scholars, high school seniors invited to Washington DC to meet then President Bill Clinton. Wen attended Solon High School, where she was the valedictorian.

Her mother, Barbara Lim Hing, emigrated from the Philippines and served as a school teacher. He is a former chemical engineer and works in US-China business development. Her father, Yung-Luy (Ray) Hing, emigrated from Indonesia at the age of thirteen and attended the University of Michigan.

The novel draws inspiration from Wen's work in Silicon Valley, with a girl trying to navigate her fashion interests and interests in AI.Ībigail Hing Wen was born Abigail Geraldine Lim Hing in Wheeling, West Virginia as a daughter of immigrants. Wen's companion novel, Loveboat Reunion, follows two of the main characters from Loveboat, Taipei as they reconnect and write their own futures on a wild, unexpected reunion. It is a coming-of-age story exploring love, family, multifaceted identity and intersectionality. Loveboat, Taipei follows the journey of an Asian American teen whose parents send her from Ohio to Taipei to study Mandarin for the summer at a program nicknamed Loveboat. It debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List where it remained for multiple weeks and has been adapted for film by ACE Entertainment. Her debut young adult novel, Loveboat, Taipei, was purchased in a multi-house auction by HarperCollins in a two-book deal, along with Loveboat Reunion. Author, public speaker on venture capital and artificial intelligenceĪbigail Hing Wen (邢立美 born 1977) is an American writer, film producer, lawyer, and speaker.

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