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Gloria Chao is a screenwriter and the award-winning author of Ex Marks the Spot (Out now!), The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club (forthcoming 6.24.25), When You Wish Upon a Lantern, Rent a Boyfriend, Our Wayward Fate, and American Panda. She graduated from MIT and became a dentist before realizing she'd rather spend her days in fictional characters’ heads instead of real people’s mouths. When she’s not writing, you can find her on the curling ice, where she and her husband are world-ranked in mixed doubles.

Visit her tea-and-book-filled world at GloriaChao.Wordpress.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram @GloriacChao. ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 20,914 ratings · 4,849 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	American Panda 3.78 avg rating — 9,874 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Rent a Boyfriend 3.52 avg rating — 5,385 ratings — published 2020 — 11 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
	From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3) by Elizabeth Schaefer (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tom Angleberger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 2,209 ratings — published 2023 — 8 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
	When You Wish Upon a Lantern 3.82 avg rating — 1,751 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Our Wayward Fate 3.60 avg rating — 1,269 ratings — published 2019 — 7 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
	Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales by Rebecca Podos (Goodreads Author), Gloria Chao (Goodreads Author), Mason Deaver (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Ex Marks the Spot 4.08 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Game On by Laura Silverman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gloria Chao (Goodreads Author), Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	First-Year Orientation by Lauren Gibaldi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2025 — 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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Giveaways for EX MARKS THE SPOT and WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN!

EX MARKS THE SPOT is coming out Dec 31 and the WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN paperback is releasing next week! To celebrate, Penguinteen is giving away FINISHED COPIES for both of these on Goodreads!

EX MARKS THE SPOT: rivals-to-lovers treasure hunt through Taiwan
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WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN: childhood friends-to-lovers romance with lanterns and wish granting
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“I couldn't go through life as a shadow.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

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“And right now I had no idea where I ended and my parents began.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

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“If I lied, the real me would disappear.”
― Gloria Chao, American Panda

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