About this item
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual college students, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao Sophie Chi is in her first year of college (though her parents wish she'd attend a "real" university rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she'll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she's behind the incredibly popular "Dear Wendy" account. When Joanna "Jo" Ephron (also a first-year aroace college student) created their "Sincerely Wanda" account, it wasn't at all meant to take off or be taken seriously -- not like Wendy's.
About the Author
Ann Zhao (she/her) is a student at Wellesley College, where she studies linguistics with a minor in women's and gender studies. At various points in college, she participated in the student-run newspaper and the student-run radio station, processed interlibrary loans for the college library, and assisted in research for two linguistics labs, including one that wasn't even at Wellesley. Doing all this was not good for her writing schedule. When not at school, Ann lives with her family in Illinois. She enjoys cooking, baking, and knitting, but she does not enjoy cleaning up after herself when she's done with these activities. She collects cassette tapes of her favorite artists' albums because vinyls feel like too much of a commitment. She is a big proponent of getting a good night's sleep and an even bigger proponent of diverse representation in media. You can find Ann on social media as @annzhao_ on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. She also still uses Tumblr for some reason (@annzhao) . She has had this account for about a decade, so please do not judge her taste in books, because it has definitely changed since she was in sixth grade.
