Marie Lu, author portrait
© Primo Gallanosa

Marie Lu

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites series, as well as the blockbuster bestselling Legend series. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing games, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles with her illustrator-author husband, Primo Gallanosa, and their dogs.

Visit her online at Marielubooks.com or on Twitter @Marie_Lu.
The Kingdom of Back
The Warcross Box Set
Wildcard
Batman: Nightwalker
Hope Nation
The DC Icons Series
Warcross
The Midnight Star
Champion: The Graphic Novel
The Rose Society
Prodigy: The Graphic Novel
The Young Elites
Legend: the Graphic Novel
Champion
Prodigy
The Legend Trilogy Collection
Legend Trilogy Boxed Set
Legend
Life Before Legend

Marie Lu (author of Warcross) | What I'm Reading

Author Marie Lu on readers, writing, and her quirks | Author Shorts

Books

The Kingdom of Back
The Warcross Box Set
Wildcard
Batman: Nightwalker
Hope Nation
The DC Icons Series
Warcross
The Midnight Star
Champion: The Graphic Novel
The Rose Society
Prodigy: The Graphic Novel
The Young Elites
Legend: the Graphic Novel
Champion
Prodigy
The Legend Trilogy Collection
Legend Trilogy Boxed Set
Legend
Life Before Legend

Media

Marie Lu (author of Warcross) | What I'm Reading

Author Marie Lu on readers, writing, and her quirks | Author Shorts

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