Adele Lim

Adele Lim is a Malaysian American film and television producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a screenwriter for the 2018 movie "Crazy Rich Asians". She has given support to young writers as mentor and speaker for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).
Early life.
Lim was born in Malaysia and is of Malaysian Chinese descent. She attended Malaysia's Sri Aman Girls School in Petaling Jaya. She started writing as a teenager and undergraduate in the lifestyle section of a local daily. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts with a degree in TV/Film in 1996.
Career.
Lim started her career as a script coordinator for "", getting the job despite her resume being, as she described, "nonexistent". She has written for TV series such as "One Tree Hill", "Life Unexpected", "Reign", "Star-Crossed, Private Practice and Lethal Weapon."
In 2018, Lim was the co-screenwriter for the 2018 movie "Crazy Rich Asians".
 She has reportedly left writing on the sequel, following reports that she was offered significantly less pay than her male co-writer Peter Chiarelli.
Lim was recruited by Disney to develop an animated feature film "Raya and the Last Dragon". She served as screenwriter alongside Qui Nguyen.