Yu Wo

Yu Wo (御我)
Yu Wo at a book-signing party for Hunting of the Shaded Guardian
Born	Chén Wénxuān (陳玟瑄) (1984-04-29) April 29, 1984
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Taiwan
Period	2006 - present
Genre	Light novels
Subject	Fantasy
Website
www.wretch.cc/blog/kim1984429

Yu Wo (Chinese: 御我), born Chen Wenxuan (陳玟瑄), is a Taiwanese light novelist, best known for creating ½ Prince.

Career & personal life

After graduating high school, she attended National Cheng Kung University from 2002–2006. She got her start in writing by reading online novels. A large number of these books had male protagonists, with women serving as sidekicks. She began posting stories online with this archetype flipped. Min-Hsien Cultural Enterprise Co. Ltd. took note of Yu's postings and agreed publish her first light novel in 2004 titlted ½ Prince.^[1] The light novel was illustrated by Ya Sha. After her light novel was published became successful in Taiwan, it became a comic in 2004 by Dragon Youth.^[2] The ½ Prince manhua was adapted by Choi Hong Chong. Kill No More was published in the following year. She graduated from her university in 2006 and published Romance RPG and GOD, which were illustrated by Yuyue Boxin(玉越博幸) and Guang Shi (光矢) respectively.^[3][4] In 2007, she published her second popular series entitled The Legend of Sun Knight. It was also successful in Taiwan and became a comic in 2010, published by The One Comics.^[5] The Legend of Sun Knight manhua was adapted by Os Rabbit Cat. Her third light novel which also became popular was Hunting of the Shaded Guardian. Alongside ½ Prince, Ya Sha had illustrated the novel versions of Kill No More, The Legend Of Sun Knight, and Hunting Of The Shaded Guardian. No Hero was published in 2008 as an in-direct sequel to the original with a different main character but in the same fictional universe. It was illustrated by Shan Gui (山鬼) until the 7th volume,^[6] and by Lü Chuanming (綠川明) from the 8th volume onwards.^[7] Magical Exchange was published in the same year. Black Flower was published in 2009 and illustrated by Monto C3.^[8] Female Warrior, a prequel to The Legend Of Sun Knight, was published in 2012 and illustrated by Wu Ling (午零).^[9] Human Doll Contract was published in 2013 and illustrated by Jiu Yue Zi (九月紫).^[10]

Several of Yu Wo's works have been repackaged, i.e. the original story split into a different number of volumes with different cover illustrations. The 12 pocket volumes of 1/2 Prince were illustrated by Zhan Bu Lu and published from 2006 to 2007.^[11] The repackaged version of ½ Prince was illustrated by Xiao Qiang COCO (小強COCO) and first published in 2011.^[12] For Kill No More, the repackaged version was published from 2009 to 2010 and illustrated by Xiao Tie(小铁).^[13] The repackaged version of Hunting of the Shaded Guardian was illustrated by Blaze.^[14]

For spin-offs, the sequel to The Legend Of Sun Knight about the 39th generation of Twelve Holy Knights was illustrated by J.U.,^[15] who had also illustrated the repackaged version of the main story,^[16] and the Simplified Chinese version.

Other languages

The Legend of Sun Knight and No Hero began publication in Thai in 2009.^[17]

Bibliography

Light Novels

Color Key

Manhua

Notes

• A ^ The sequel to The Legend of Sun Knight is about the 39th generation of the Twelve Holy Knights.
• B ^ No Hero is the retitled sequel to Hunting of The Shaded Guardian.
• C ^ Female Warrior is the retitled prequel to The Legend of Sun Knight. It is about the 1st generation of the Twelve Holy Knights.

External links

• List of all of Yu Wo’s works

References