I finally get to share the news that my YA rom-com ARTIFACTS OF AN EX will be published by Wednesday Books, plus a second book to come! The tentative publication date is summer 2023. I am thrilled to work with my brilliant editor Vicki Lame. My agent Caitie Flum is the absolute best.

I want to share my publishing journey because I think it’s important to know that it took me 20 years to get here. Literally. At 23, I was a semi-finalist for a YA novel contest and almost got a book deal. I had an agent, then she left the business.

I needed to find a new agent. And I found out that I was pregnant with twins in 2016. I pecked away at writing. It felt like I’d never finish a book. I signed with the incomparable Caitie Flum in December 2019. Her sharp editorial eye helped me revise a book we sent on sub in June 2020. It’s still on sub!

During the pandemic, I wrote a lot about the anti-Asian racist attacks. I was proud of my work, but after reading about awfulness, I needed a mental space for happiness. I wrote a YA rom-com and it was the book that gave me JOY and a safe space to see AA characters fall in love.

ARTIFACTS OF AN EX is my love letter to my ahma, my APPI community, Los Angeles, New York City, art museums, the planner community, and my days as a student at NYU.

I CAN NOT WAIT TO SHARE this book with you all!