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MIT junior Rona Wang lands six-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster

MIT junior Rona Wang's debut novel will be published in 2022.
MIT junior Rona Wang’s debut novel will be published in 2022. Photo by Evangeline Liu

As a high school student in Oregon, Rona Wang was invited to math competitions at MIT. She was so talented that after graduation, she ended up attending the renowned university to study math and computer science. And all the while, she cultivated another passion as well: writing. Turns out, she’s pretty good at that, too.

Now a junior at MIT, Wang has just inked a two-book deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster. Her debut novel, “You Had Me at Hello World,” is set to hit shelves in 2022.

Read more in the Boston Globe.