Abigail Hing Wen  Abigail Hing Wen (1977), 邢立美 (Xing Li Mei) is an American novelist, writer and speaker. Her debut young-adult novel, "Loveboat, Taipei", was purchased in a multi-house auction by HarperCollins in a major deal, in a two-book deal. It debuted on the "New York Times" Bestseller List and was optioned form film by ACE Entertainment, millennial content creators of the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before. "Loveboat, Taipei" follows the journey of an Asian-American teen whose parents send her from Ohio to Taipei to study Mandarin for the summer at a program nicknamed Loveboat. It is a coming-of-age story exploring love, family, multifaceted identity and intersectionality. Wen is working on her second novel. Wen works in Silicon Valley. Her other writings have appeared in Fortune and Forbes and she speaks on venture capital, artificial intelligence and leadership in domestic and international forums. Abigail Hing Wen was born Abigail Geraldine Lim Hing in Wheeling, West Virginia, the daughter of immigrants. Her father, Yung-Luy (Ray) Hing, emigrated from Indonesia at the age of thirteen and attended the University of Michigan. He is a former chemical engineer and works in US-China business development. Her mother, Barbara Lim Hing, emigrated from the Philippines and served as a school teacher. Her paternal family name Xing (邢) has two hypothesized sources: the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty in China and the Dafu (zh:大夫) Han Xuanzi of the State of Jin. Her maternal grandparents are from Xiamen, China. Her maternal grandfather, Amado Lim, was a self-made businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Metropolitan Medical Center in Manila and served as its first chairman. She has a younger brother and sister who are twins. Wen grew up in Solon, Ohio, where she attended public school. Her interests included speech and debate, Science Olympiad, ballet, piano, dance and show choir. Wen graduated valedictorian and delivered her class commencement speech. She was selected as one of 120 U.S. Presidential Scholars, high school seniors invited to Washington DC to meet then President Bill Clinton. As a Presidential Scholar, she was invited by the Taiwanese government to attend the study tour program at "Chien Tan", which eventually formed the setting of her first novel, "Loveboat, Taipei".