{{short description|American novelist}} {{citation style|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Julie Wu | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|4|2}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist | nationality = American | alma_mater = Harvard University (BA)<br>Columbia University (MD) | period = | genre = novel, literary fiction, historical fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''The Third Son'' (2013) | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | website = {{URL|juliewuauthor.com}} | influences = | influenced = }}
'''Julie Wu''' (born April 2, 1967) is a Taiwanese-American novelist and physician. She is the author of the novel ''The Third Son'' (2013), published by Algonquin Books.<ref name=jw1>{{cite web|website=JulieWu.com|title=Books & Reviews|url=http://juliewuauthor.com/?page_id=566}}</ref>
==Life and career == Wu was born on April 2, 1967, to a Taiwanese American family.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000307320&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=c8d2fbba75a984c508a5eb426f6cfec0|title = Contemporary Authors Online|date = 2014|access-date = February 22, 2016|website = Biography in Context|publisher = Gale|last = |first = }}</ref> She graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in literature, then earned a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|website=JulieWu.com|title=Bio|url= http://juliewuauthor.com/?page_id=550}}</ref>
Wu entered the medical field partly because she believed that a medical career would benefit her as a writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookmagnet.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/interview-with-julie-wu-author-of-the-third-son/|title=Interview with Julie Wu, Author of The Third Son|website=Bookmagnet's Blog|date=29 April 2013|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> She completed her residency in internal medicine and then began practicing as a primary care physician.<ref name=":1" /> Wu then closed her medical practice upon wanting to focus her time on her writing and on her children.<ref name=":1" /> Wu is also a recipient of a 2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship, and has also received a writing grant from the Vermont Studio Center.<ref name=":0" /><ref>''Id.''</ref> She was once enrolled at the Indiana University at Bloomington master's program in vocal performance.<ref name=":0" />
==Novels== Wu wrote and published ''The Third Son'' in 2013, via Algonquin Books.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|website=TaiwaneseAmerican.org|title=An Interview with Julie Wu, Author of The Third Son|date=23 April 2013|url=http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2013/04/julie-wu-the-third-son/}}</ref> The novel revolves around a boy named Saburo and is set against the backdrop of occupied 1950s Taiwan and America at the dawn of the space age.<ref>''Id.''</ref> The novel received positive reviews from ''The Boston Globe'', ''O the Oprah Magazine'', ''Kirkus Reviews'', ''The Christian Science Monitor'', ''Shelf Awareness'' and more.<ref>{{cite web|website=JulieWu.com|title=Books & Reviews, ''supra'' n.1}}</ref>
==Background on The Third Son== {{Main|The Third Son}} Upon researching the political history of Taiwan and learning of the "2/28", Wu decided to write a novel that communicated the experience of the Taiwanese under Japanese rule and bridged the silence surrounding this time period.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccEeRAzZ9Y|title=Author Julie Wu Introduces New Novel, The Third Son|last=|first=|date=June 20, 2014|website=YouTube|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> Wu stated that the inspiration for her debut novel evolved first from an initial desire to write the "Great American Novel" to a desire to provide a voice for the Taiwanese and their history.<ref name=":2" /> Wu ultimately wanted to write a story that would educate the American public stating that, "...[the novel] evolved partly from [my parents'] story but...I really fictionalized it...so that it would introduce people who wouldn't normally learn about Taiwanese history to Taiwanese history."<ref name=":2" />
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