Wu Kai-yu (), also known as Kai Wu, is a

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ese- American screenwriter. She is well known for her work on the

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horror series ''

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'', and for

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series ''

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''. She also created the

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series '' The Ghost Bride''.

Life and career

Born in

, Wu was raised in

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. She graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in fictional literature. After college, she moved to

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and was hired as an agency assistant. Her first job in film was as an editorial assistant post-production coordinator on

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's '' The Great New Wonderful''. She then segued to television; working as an assistant to executive producers on the Syfy reboot ''

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''. She later went on to become an assistant to

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's ''

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''.

''Hannibal''

In 2013, Wu interviewed for an assistant position on the

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series ''

'', but was instead hired as a staff writer by developer

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. Wu had previously written a pilot that was "a love letter" to Fuller titled ''Memory Bank'', which he read and led to her hire. She went on to contribute to two episodes of the series ("Entrée" and "Naka-Choko").

''The Flash''

Wu serves as a writer on the

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produced CW series ''

''. Her first contribution to the series was co-writing, with co-creator

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, the first season episode "Going Rogue", which introduces the supervillain Captain Cold/Leonard Snart (

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). She and Johns co-wrote the season's 10th installment, "Revenge of the Rogues", which saw the introduction of infamous rogue

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, who teams up with Captain Cold and challenges

to a battle of fire and ice in an attempt to kill him and make him reveal himself to the world that he is real. She co-contributed, with Brooke Eikmeier, the teleplay for the sixteenth episode, "Rogue Time", with a story by story editor Grainne Godfree. She and Godfree re-teamed to co-pen the 18th installment "All Star Team Up"; which saw a crossover with sister-series ''

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''; and then the 21st installment, "Grodd Lives". In January 2015, Wu began writing, along with executive producer

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and Lauren Certo, the prequel comic book series ''The Flash: Season Zero''. Wu was promoted to executive story editor with the commencement of season two. She first co-wrote the fourth episode, along with new staff writer Joe Peracchio, "The Fury of Firestorm". It introduced the new half of the titular hero, Jax Jackson, and the first ever live action appearance by

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Kai Living people 21st-century American women American people of Taiwanese descent American television writers American women television writers Carnegie Mellon University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)