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Marie Chow

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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.
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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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	A Place for Mulan by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Jasper Shaw (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 182 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 3.49 avg rating — 194 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) 4.53 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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? 3.88 avg rating — 83 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70 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) 4.48 avg rating — 25 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
	To the Moon! by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), Miki Tharp (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 12 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 3.85 avg rating — 13 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
	A Terrible Day 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Mommy is Not... by Marie Chow (Goodreads Author), YingHui Tan (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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

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Marie Chow and 2 other people liked Voyage's review of The Statistically Unlikely Reunion: A Nerdy, Slow Burn, Second Chance, Spicy Friends-to-Lovers Romance (Grad or Die Romance Book 2): "5 STARS!!! This is my favourite book of the year, hands down. I'm in love. As soon as I put it down, I immediately bought the previous book in the series, and I CANNOT wait for the next book about Brody. This angst-filled second-chance romance was am" Read more of this review »
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