Marie Lu

Marie Lu (born Xiwei Lu) is an American young adult author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future. The novels form the basis of a movie to be produced by CBS Films and directed by Jonathan Levine. 2Early life Lu was born in 1984 in Wuxi, China, and later moved to Beijing. In 1989, she and her family moved to the United States in Georgia when she was five years old, during the Tiananmen Square Protest. She attended the University of Southern California and interned at Disney Interactive Studios. 2Career Before writing her first book, Lu worked as an art designer for the video game industry. Writing in The New York Times, critic and author Ridley Pearson wrote of Legend, "Overpackaged, overhyped first novels are done a disservice by their publishers, with untested authors expected somehow to justify all the gloss and glitter of a full-bore prepublication promotional blitz. Too many just don't merit the attention. I could only stand up and cheer, therefore, for Marie Lu’s 'Legend.' A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, 'Legend' doesn’t merely survive the hype, it deserves it." 2Personal life Marie Lu is currently living in Los Angeles, Californi