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Marie Chow

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Fiction, Contemporary, Children's

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January 2014

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Marie is a lifelong student with degrees in degrees in chemical engineering, teaching, an MFA in writing, and a doctorate in educational leadership. Her writing focuses on bilingual and English-only children's books that feature mixed families, as well as literary and contemporary fiction focused on Asian and Asian American characters.

She is currently working on a young adult novel that will be published under Marie Chow Elling and writes contemporary romance under a different pseudonym. ...more

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Switching Genres, and Taking Breaks

Much of the “literary” writing was stalling and in various stages of iteration death, so I thought it might be a good idea to switch genres.

For the past few months I’ve been working on, finishing, and rewriting a historical romance novel. I found it fun… uplifting. My characters were, for once, both likable and happy. The flow of the story was predictable, but soothing. There was something almost

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Average rating: 4.06 · 796 ratings · 144 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Place for Mulan by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Jasper Shaw (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Unwell 3.53 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Because Dragons Love Milk by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Miki Tharp (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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
	ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who Guards My Sleep? 3.93 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Disney Princess: Once Upon a Flower Girl 4.04 avg rating — 79 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
	A Place for Mulan by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Jasper Shaw (Illustrator) 4.61 avg rating — 28 ratings	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
	A Terrible Day 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	To the Moon! by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Miki Tharp (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Plant Your Feet Firmly 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	It's Not Your Job by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Miki Tharp (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.77 avg rating — 13 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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Marie Chow liked Sarah Letts's review of The Statistically Unlikely Rebound: A Grad or Die Romance, Book 1: "Absolutely loved the story line. This is a slow burn, fake dating, forced proximity, and workplace romance. What I loved about this story is not only how the storyline unfolded but the actual text messages that looked real and contributed to the stor" Read more of this review »
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