Reception: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Book Presentation & Signing: 6:30pm-7:30pm
at the chinese american museum dc
This is a free event. Museum seating is a first come first served and limited. RSVP as soon as you can, otherwise you will be put on a waiting list.
Abigail Hing Wen is a filmmaker, AI tech leader and New York Times best selling author of Loveboat, Taipei, a HarperCollins novel and Barnes and Noble YA Book Club Pick which has been adapted to the screen as Love in Taipei, forthcoming August 10 from Paramount Plus. The novel draws inspiration from the actual program, attended by thousands of Chinese and Taiwanese diaspora youth, which Abigail attended the summer after her freshman year at Harvard. Abigail served as an executive producer for the Love in Taipei film alongside film stars Ashley Liao (Hunger Games) and Ross Butler (Shazam, Thirteen Reasons Why). The companion novels, Loveboat Reunion (following a girl-in-tech) and Loveboat Forever (November 2023) follows the gang and their community through new coming of age journeys.
Loveboat, Taipei was Abigail’s first published novel after ten years of writing by night and working by day in a successful career as a leader in law, venture capital and artificial intelligence. In her career in tech, she has negotiated multibillion dollar deals on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, advised members of the C suite and government officials on AI and worked in venture capital. "With a knack for trying and succeeding at new things," according to Forbes, Abigail has been described by Pop Culturist as “one of the voices of her generation” and by Forbes as, “One of the most respected voices in fairness and AI.”
Abigail holds degrees from Harvard, Columbia and Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives with her husband and two children in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Loveboat Forever
Set six years after the events of Loveboat, Taipei and Loveboat Reunion, Loveboat Forever follows Pearl Wong as she embarks on her own Loveboat adventure.
After a fall from grace, 17-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong heads to Loveboat to stage a comeback, while her sister, Ever, reevaluates her long distance relationship with Rick.
Seventeen-year-old Pearl Wong is a classical pianist on the rise with summer plans to join the top youth musicians in the country in Manhattan. Her path is set before her. She knows where she’s going and who she is. But when her Tiktok gets her trampled online and she loses her place in the program, she's no longer sure about anything.
Pearl goes to Loveboat to hide out while the storm blows over. By day she's preparing for a duo for the establishment that holds the keys to her musical career. By night, she's sneaking out to dance and to play on the streets to earn money to search for a lost family heirloom. As Pearl gets deeper into both worlds, she must choose between giving up everything she's worked for, or embracing everything she wants to be. But can she have both?
This event is sponsored by the Ruth H. Kuo and Rhoda How Memorial Foundation