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Gloria Chao

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Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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March 2016

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Gloria Chao is the critically acclaimed author of American Panda, Our Wayward Fate, Rent a Boyfriend, and When You Wish Upon a Lantern. After a brief detour as a dentist, she is now grateful to 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.

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Average rating: 3.7 · 16,512 ratings · 4,036 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	American Panda 3.78 avg rating — 9,468 ratings — published 2018 — 12 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 3.53 avg rating — 4,849 ratings — published 2020 — 14 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 — 1,182 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales by Rebecca Podos (Goodreads Author), Gloria Chao (Goodreads Author), Mason Deaver (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 942 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
	When You Wish Upon a Lantern 3.82 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2023 — 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) 3.63 avg rating — 120 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) 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
	From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3) by Saladin Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tom Angleberger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 6 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
	Aquaculture Law and Policy: Towards principled access and operations (Routledge Advances in Maritime Research Book 13) by David L. VanderZwaag (Editor), Gloria Chao (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 6 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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WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN Signed copies and Swag

I can’t believe When You Wish Upon a Lantern is out next week!

It has meant the world seeing everyone’s excitement for it, and I can’t wait to share this story with you. And I’m really excited to share some info about upcoming events, where you can get swag, and more!

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Gloria Chao wrote a new blog post WHEN YOU WISH UPON A LANTERN Signed copies and Swag I can’t believe When You Wish Upon a Lantern is out next week! It has meant the world seeing everyone’s excitement for it, and I can’t wait to share t Read more of this blog post »
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I wrote When You Wish Upon a Lantern with the hope of writing a contemporary book that feels like magic, with the magic coming from kind acts for others. In the book, Liya's family owns a wishing lantern shop in Chicago's Chinatown, and behind the sc ...more
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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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