Biography
Wu Kai-yu, also credited as Kai Wu or Kai Yu Wu, is a Taiwanese-American television writer. Born in Taiwan and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in fictional literature. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked as an agency assistant and in various production roles before transitioning to writing.
She was hired as a staff writer on the NBC series Hannibal (2013) after submitting a pilot script to series developer Bryan Fuller. Her contributions include the teleplay for the episode "Entrée" and story credit on "Naka-Choko". Wu has also written for The Flash (2014), serving as executive story editor, and created the Netflix series The Ghost Bride. Other credits include Paper Girls (2022) and American Born Chinese (2023).
