Female author: MARIE LU (1984)

Who is she?

Marie Lu (China, 1984) is an Asian-American author known for writing contemporary novels for a youth-adult audience. Marie was born in Wuxi (China), and after moving to Beijing, she and her family moved to Texas (United States) when she was five years old. Marie has studied at the University of Southern California and, later, became an Artistic Director at a video game company. In 2011 he published the first book of the Legend trilogy and, from that moment, she has completed this series and has written four more books in the series The Young Elites and a book from the Warcross series.

What has she written?

Most of her productions are organized in series and take place in dystopian worlds:

Legend trilogy: Set in a dark, futuristic Los Angeles, a young government prodigy and a notorious criminal cross paths in this heart-pounding romantic thriller.

• Legend (2011)
• Prodigy (2012)
• Champion (2013)
• Life Before Legend (2013)

The Young Elites series: is set in a Renaissance-like world where magic is new, chaotic, and misunderstood, and three rival societies with supernatural abilities battle for power. And a girl transforms from an unwanted daughter into a fearsome leader, igniting panic and sparking war between seven nations.

• The Young Elites (2014)
• The Rose Society (2015)
• The Midnight Star (2016)

Warcross series: is a sci-fi thriller about a mysterious game called ‘Warcross’ that has gone viral across the globe.

• Warcross (2017)

What has she said?

Quote of Legend:

“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”

Quote of The Young Elites:

“Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”

Quote of The Rose Society:

“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”

Quote of Warcross:

“Every locked door has a key. Every problem has a solution.”

Why should we not forget her and her work?

Marie is a contemporary author who writes about dystopian worlds and the role that different people play in them to try to change the situations of injustice and inequality that they face. They are stories that surpass the idea of ​​good and bad characters and that expose characters in shades of gray (neither heroes nor villains) who are responsible for their actions.

-R.