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Vincent Chu

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Born

in Oakland, The United States

Website

https://www.vincentchuwriter.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

Member Since

October 2017

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Vincent Chu is a Bay Area writer and author of the novel NICE PLACES (Forest Avenue Press, 2026) and story collection LIKE A CHAMPION (7.13 Books, 2018). His fiction has appeared in Muumuu House, STILL Magazine, Pithead Chapel, PANK Magazine, and elsewhere. He is a Headlands Center for the Arts Affiliate Artist, Hambidge Center Fellow, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. Vincent lives in Oakland, California.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 234 ratings · 89 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

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