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Gini Chin

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Lancaster, The United States

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Romance, Paranormal, Chick Lit

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Gini Chin is an artist, graphic designer, and author in Portland, Oregon. She received honorable mention in CRAFT’s 2025 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest, judged by Roxane Gay. Her first novel, The Beautiful Abyss, has a soon to be released sequel, The Tattooed Monk. To see trailers for both novels visit her website.

Gini grew up in Pennsylvania Amish country but never got the hang of squirrel for dinner, the Lutheran church, or the smell of pig farms.

She has a degree in graphic design with a minor in French from the University of Oregon. Her writing has been influenced by a few odd jobs she’s done along the way which include; enucleation technician (removing eyeballs for corneal transplant), bellydancer, wine bar owner in a remote Washington ...more

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Head over to Amazon on Friday, September 6 to get your free copy of The Beautiful Abyss! Tell your friends too and make it your first September read.

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Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance

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Gini Chin is 64% done with The Pisces: Can't put this one down. Reminds me of The Beautiful Abyss.... A woman with relationship troubles flees to Venice Beach to stay with her sister to contemplate life, and fulfill a court ordered counseling requirement for anger management. There she finds herself enmeshed in more troubled relationships. The women in her sex addict's group therapy are hilarious... Horsechicken, Footfruit.... Then she meets the merman! The Pisces by Melissa Broder (Goodreads Author) progress:	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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