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Jo Wu attends UC Berkeley, where she studies biology and creative writing. Her work has appeared in, among other publications, "Underneath the Juniper Tree's Best of 2012 Anthology," "Thrones of Desire," and "Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction." She also models under the alias Carmilla Jo.

Her short story, "Devoured by Envy," has been praised by Publishers Weekly as "the most Gothic of the successful stories" in the anthology "Darker Edge of Desire: Gothic Tales of Romance." ...more

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Journey to Dual Citizenship with Taiwan, Part 3 of 3

Meant to write this way back in September, but this year went by so fast, I’m getting in this blog post on New Year’s Eve. At last, after years of talking about it and manifesting it, ~~and spending my adulthood being salty about not knowing I could apply for citizenship while I was underage,~~ I now hold dual citizenship with the USA, my birth country and where I’ve lived all my life, and Taiwan!

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	Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire by Jo Wu (Goodreads Author), Piers Anthony (Foreword), Jo Wu (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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
	Darker Edge of Desire by Mitzi Szereto (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Rachel Caine (Afterword) 3.63 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Amok by Dominica Malcolm (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Brett Adams (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jo Wu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 45 (March/April 2022) by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (editor), Margaret Dunlap (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Carlos Hernandez (Contributor) 3.59 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Wax & Wane: A Gathering of Witch Tales by David T. Neal (Editor), Christine M. Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Burgis (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Marked by Scorn: An Anthology Featuring Non-Traditional Relationships by Dominica Malcolm (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Kelly Burke (Contributor), Jeremiah Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Clockwork Kiru: Steampunk Haiku by David Nell (Editor), Alex Plummer (Ccontributor), Andrew J. Lucas (Ccontributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Gothology: Misery Love Company (Gothology, #2) by Jo Wu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Justin King (Editor, Contributor), Jack Sullivan (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	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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