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Isabel Yap writes fiction and poetry, works in the tech industry, and drinks lots of tea. She grew up in the Philippines, and has lived in San Francisco, the Bay Area, Boston, and London.

In 2013 she received her degree in Marketing from Santa Clara University, and also attended the Clarion Writers Workshop. In 2020 she obtained her MBA from Harvard Business School. She likes reading manga, playing videogames, taking photos of her smash-faced dog, and eating excellent ramen.

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2015 Year in Review, Quiz Edition

2015 is ending! *runs around like a headless chicken* I can’t really talk about this year yet, since I haven’t given myself the headspace to reflect on things. It was pretty insane. Lots of amazing things happened, and I met so many cool people, but there were also some really difficult moments. I may touch on […]

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Average rating: 3.8 · 5,932 ratings · 1,293 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Never Have I Ever 3.97 avg rating — 1,313 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
	A Cup of Salt Tears 3.46 avg rating — 906 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carl Engle-Laird (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Liz Gorinsky (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2015	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
	Uncanny Magazine, Issue 10, May/June 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 2016	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
	Uncanny Magazine, Issue 25, November/December 2018 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Isabel Yap (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2 by Kathe Koja (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Foreword), Nathan Ballingrud (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Milagroso 3.30 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2015	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
	Hurricane Heels 3.96 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Good Girls 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015	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
	Asfalto, río, madre, niña by Isabel Yap (Goodreads Author), Carla Bataller Estruch (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018	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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“Kawataro,” she says, tears prickling at the corner of her eyes. “Kawataro, why did you save me?” “Kindness is always worth saving.”
― Isabel Yap, A Cup of Salt Tears

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“What's this for?" A measured tone, that hopefully communicated: stop doing this to me, I'm dying.”
― Isabel Yap, Never Have I Ever

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“The first time she fell in love with Tetsuya, she was making tea. The first time she fell in love, she was drowning in a river.”
― Isabel Yap, A Cup of Salt Tears

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Sept/Oct 2022 Group Read: South/east Asia

The Infinite Library and Other Stories by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

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3 votes, 25.0%

Cyberpunk: Malaysia edited by Zen Cho

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The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha

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Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

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