Vincent Chu

Vincent Chu is a Bay Area writer whose first novel, Nice Places, will be published this year. It’s a humorous and philosophical look at a man who fakes a transformative world trip online after being robbed, only to have his fake journey take a surprising turn when an artist from Berlin gets involved. Described by one critic as “the Eat Pray Love of the Instagram generation,” the book satirizes "find yourself" travel clichés and explores themes of connection, loneliness, and the search for meaning in the modern world.