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Home » 2024 LANDO Finalist » Jennifer Chen

Jennifer Chen

March 11, 2024

Underground Chinatown (Historical Fiction), Los Angeles, CA

(c) Chandra Wicke Photography

Underground Chinatown is an historical fiction novel set in the 1900s to 1980s in which all Chinatowns in California are connected by underground tunnels.

“I see my novel as a way to bridge the gap between AAPI immigration stories with the history of Chinatowns that no longer exist.”

Jennifer Chen is a freelance journalist who has written for Today, New York Times, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Washington Post. She wrote a short story featured in the young adult anthology, First-Year Orientation, and her debut YA romance, Artifacts of an Ex, is out now. She is a proud mentor for WriteGirl, a creative writing organization. She lives in Los Angeles with her TV writer husband, twins, two pugs, and a cat named Gremlin. Follow her on TikTok, X, and Instagram at @jchenwriter. She is currently working on her second young adult novel.

Visit Jennifer’s website: jchenwriter.com

Twitter: twitter.com/jchenwriter 

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TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@jchenwriter 

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Substack newsletter: jenniferchen.substack.com 

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