Marie Lu

Marie Lu
Lu in 2014
Born	Xiwei Lu (1984-07-11) July 11, 1984 (age 40) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Pen name	Marie Lu
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Period	2011–present
Genre	Young adult fiction, Dystopian fiction
Notable works	Legend (2011) Prodigy (2013) Champion (2013) The Young Elites (2014) The Rose Society (2015) The Midnight Star (2016) Warcross (2017) Wildcard (2018) Rebel (2019) The Kingdom of Back (2020) Skyhunter (2020) Steelstriker (2021)
Spouse	Primo Gallanosa
Children	1

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]