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M.J. Lau

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in York, PA, The United States

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M. J. Lau is an English teacher by day and an author by night... or rather, a teacher day and night, and an author whenever he gets a free minute in between. His first novel, The Buried Few, is a work of near-future speculative fiction influenced in equal parts by dystopian classics, fatherhood, and Wired Magazine.

Lau is currently working on his video game fantasy series, The Virtual Realms. The first installment, Locked In, was released in March 2018, and the sequel, RIP, came out in December of 2018. ...more

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	Locked In (Virtual Realms #1) 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 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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	RIP: A Gamelit Fantasy (The Virtual Realms Series Book 2) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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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