Join us to celebrate the release of The Vale and The Stories Without Borders Podcast with author, Abigail Hing Wen and Hollyn Alpert.
Preorder your book before Sept 20 and submit receipts here for a free set of Vale stickers! www.tinyurl.com/thevalelaunch
ABOUT ABIGAIL
Abigail Hing Wen works at the intersection of storytelling and technology. She is a New York Times Best Selling Author of five novels, producer, director, woman-in-tech leader specializing in artificial intelligence, as well as a mother of two. She writes and speaks about tech, AI ethics, women’s leadership and transforming culture.
Abigail penned the New York Times Best Selling and Indie Best Selling novel LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI and its two companion novels. She executive produced the film adaptation of the Paramount Plus original film, LOVE IN TAIPEI starring Ashley Liao (Hunger Games) and Ross Butler (Shazam). Her middle grade debut, THE VALE, has been partially adapted to a short film prequel THE VALE–ORIGINS starring Lea Salonga. She and her work have been profiled in Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, Forbes, Fortune, Cosmopolitan, Bloomberg, Seventeen, Google Talk, People, People en Espanol, South China Morning Post and the World Journal, among others.
Abigail holds a BA from Harvard, where she took coursework in film, ethnic studies and government. She also holds a JD from Columbia and MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In her career in tech, she has negotiated multibillion dollar deals on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, worked in venture capital and hosted Intel’s Artificial Intelligence podcast. She serves on the boards of Harvardwood and Wedgwood Circle, and is a member of Dan Lin’s Rideback Rise Circle.
Abigail lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoys long walks, and hanging out with friends and family. She loves music and dances to it when no one is watching.
ABOUT HOLLYN
Hollyn Alpert is a trilingual bibliophile, passionate community-builder, high school student and multidisciplinary storyteller with a love for creative writing, playing piano and guitar, songwriting, acting, drawing and painting. Her writing and artwork have won multiple Scholastic Gold Keys, the Society of Young Inklings Book Contest, and the Skipping Stones Magazine Youth Honor Award. Her work has also been published in Stone Soup Magazine and Little Thoughts Press. Hollyn works part-time at a local indie bookstore in LA, and she is an intern with the Youth Media Representation Program at the UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers, where she conducts research related to different aspects of youth representation in film, TV and other media.
Hollyn’s deep compassion for others is what led her to found a Social Impact Book Club in 2020, when she was a 4th grader at UCLA Lab School. This planted the seeds for launching her Stories Without Borders organization in 2023, with a mission of using the power of stories and service to build connection, empathy and understanding around the world. The Stories Without Borders podcast will launch in September 2025 and features interviews with authors, artists, and advocates who embody the mission. Season 1 features guests including authors Abigail Hing Wen, Abdi Nazemian, Alda P. Dobbs, Cindy Pon, Nydia Armendia-Sánchez, Alexandra Brown Chang and Yes We Can World Foundation founder EstefanÃa Rebellón.
Whether she's immersed in a good book or expressing herself through art, Hollyn's goal is always clear: to amplify stories that foster empathy and inspire solutions to social issues. Through her Stories Without Borders service projects, podcast and educational resources, Hollyn is determined to use her platform to bring together people of different backgrounds and build understanding about our common humanity.
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