Marie Lu Explained

Marie Lu
Birth Name:Xiwei Lu
Pseudonym:Marie Lu
Birth Date:1984 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:Chinese-American
Period:2011–present
Genre:Young adult fiction, Dystopian fiction
Alma Mater:University of Southern California
Spouse:Primo Gallanosa
Children:1

Marie Lu (born 11 July 1984; Birthname: Xiwei Lu, Chinese: 陸希未) is a Chinese-American 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]

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.[7] [8]

Lu currently lives in the Arts District of Los Angeles with her husband, their son (born 2019) and three dogs.[9]

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.

Works

Legend series

The Young Elites series

Warcross series

Skyhunter series

Stars and Smoke series

DC Icons series

Spirit Animals series

Standalone novels

Short stories

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marie Lu. Penguin Random House. October 14, 2019.
  2. Web site: Lu . Marie . Marie Lu (Author of Legend) . Goodreads. December 12, 2014.
  3. Web site: Prodigy: A Legend Novel Audiobook. The Audiobook Store. December 12, 2014.
  4. Web site: Marie Lu - About. February 19, 2014.
  5. Web site: Novelist Marie Lu. PBS.org. en-US. 2016-02-29.
  6. Web site: del Barco . Mandalit . 8 September 2017 . 'Young People Who Do Extraordinary Things' Are The Norm In Marie Lu's YA World . NPR.
  7. Web site: De Groot. Kate. December 19, 2011. Fall 2011 Flying Starts: Marie Lu. February 19, 2014. Publishers Weekly.
  8. Web site: Artist Profile: The Defiantly Optimistic Storytelling of Marie Lu Arts The Harvard Crimson . 2023-05-04 . www.thecrimson.com.
  9. Web site: Marie Lu - About . https://web.archive.org/web/20101230203100/http://marielu.org/marie.html . dead . 2010-12-30 . marielu.org . 2016-02-23 .
  10. Web site: Wilkinson. Amy. 29 November 2011. Marie Lu Imagines A Teenage, Dystopian 'Les Miserables' In 'Legend'. dead. Hollywood Crush. MTV. https://web.archive.org/web/20150101111145/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/29/legend-marie-lu-interview/. 1 January 2015.
  11. Web site: Legend the Series. 27 September 2013.
  12. Web site: The Young Elites. Marie Lu Books. 22 July 2014.
  13. Web site: Lu. Marie. Rebel (Legend, #4) by Marie Lu. Goodreads. October 14, 2019.
  14. Web site: Wildcard: Preview Marie Lu's hotly anticipated Warcross sequel. Entertainment Weekly. Canfield, David. May 14, 2018. June 13, 2018.
  15. Web site: Skyhunter. Goodreads. May 27, 2020.
  16. Web site: 2023-01-17 . Exclusive: Marie Lu's ‘Stars and Smoke’ Brings the Sparks in This Special Excerpt . 2023-05-04 . Cosmopolitan . en-US.
  17. Web site: The Kingdom of Back. Goodreads. March 2, 2020.

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