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Marie Lu
Chinese-American author (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie Lu (born 11 July 1984; birthname: Xiwei Lu, Chinese: 陸希未) is an American young adult science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future, as well as the Young Elites series, the Warcross series, and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons series.[1]
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Early life
Lu was born in 1984 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, and later moved to Beijing.[2][3] In 1989, she and her family moved to the United States in Texas when she was five years old,[4] during the Tiananmen Square Protest.[5] She grew up between Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Houston, learning English by writing stories.[6] She attended the University of Southern California, where she studied political science and biology, and interned as an artist at Disney Interactive Studios.[6][7][8]
Lu currently lives in the Arts District of Los Angeles with her husband, their son (born 2019) and three dogs.[6][9]
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Career
Lu's debut novel, Legend, was published November 29, 2011 as the first of a young adult science fiction trilogy. Lu has said that she was inspired by the movie Les Miserables and sought to recreate the conflict between Valjean and Javert in a teenage version.[10] Two other books in the planned trilogy, Prodigy and Champion, were published in 2013.[11]
Lu's first fantasy series began with publication of The Young Elites on October 7, 2014.[12] It was followed by The Rose Society on October 13, 2015, and The Midnight Star on October 16, 2016.
Lu and her husband, Primo Gallanosa, worked together on a game called Fuzz Academy, which was shut down after being hacked.[6]
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Works
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Legend series
The Young Elites series
- The Young Elites (October 7, 2014)
- The Rose Society (October 13, 2015)
- The Midnight Star (October 16, 2016)
Warcross series
Skyhunter series
- Skyhunter (September 29, 2020)[15]
- Steelstriker (September 28, 2021)
Stars and Smoke series
- Stars and Smoke (March 28, 2023)[16]
- Icon and Inferno (June 11, 2024)
The New Alchemists series
- Red City (October 14, 2025)
DC Icons series
- Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons, Book 2) (January 2, 2018)
Spirit Animals series
- The Evertree (Spirit Animals, Book 7) (March 31, 2015)
Standalone novels
- The Kingdom of Back (March 3, 2020)[17]
Short stories
- "The Journey" in A Tyranny of Petticoats, edited by Jessica Spotswood (March 8, 2017)
- "Surviving"
References
External links
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