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Shadow Cheah

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Shadow Cheah is a pen name she adapted in 2011 when she joined Wattpad, an online community of 45 million writers and readers.
Since then, the first book in the Protector of Earth Chronicles: Evolution, has garnered over 1 million reads.
She was born and raised in Hong Kong, but studied in boarding school in England since she was eleven. After completing her master of science in Geology from Imperial College London, she moved back to Hong Kong to be closer to her family and continue to annoy her twin sister.
For more information, visit http://www.shadowcheah.com
Her hobbies outside of writing are traveling, eating her way around the best restaurant in Hong Kong and sleeping. ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 160 ratings · 26 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Evolution (The Protectors of Earth #1) 4.22 avg rating — 98 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selection (The Protectors of Earth Chronicles Book 2) 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelation (The Protectors of Earth Chronicles Book 3) 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Robots in It’s a Match

AI robots are likely to be our constant companion in the near future and I was excited to bring them to live in It’s a Match! We’re already seeing cleaning robots in shopping malls, robot arms serving up bubble tea, life in ten years will see more seamless integration.

It’s easy to miss their appearance in the book, so I want to give them their own spotlight.

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Always a Bridesmaid (The Bouquet Catchers, #1)

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