We hadn’t meant to cry in the food court below Taipei — and during a Saturday lunch rush hour at that. Author Stefany Valentine and I connected online in 2024 before she published her debut novel, First Love Language. As Asian American adoptees — her being Taiwanese American and me being Chinese American living in Taiwan — we bonded quickly over Taiwan and our longing for adoptee representation in young adult books. Fast forward one year and suddenly we were meeting in person…
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