NYT bestselling author Abigail Hing Wen (Loveboat, Taipei series, now on Netflix) makes her middle grade debut with The Vale (Third State Books, Sept 16, 2025), a futuristic adventure rooted in her deep experience in the tech world. Featuring a boy who creates a fully immersive AI-generated VR world to escape reality, The Vale explores the ethics of artificial intelligence through a wildly imaginative lens. In her directorial debut, Abigail created its short film prequel starring Lea Salonga.