Marjorie Liu

Marjorie Liu
Liu at a signing for Monstress #22 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
Liu at a signing for
Monstress #22 at Midtown Comics in Manhattan
BornPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLawrence University
University of Wisconsin Law School
Period2007–present
GenreAdventure, urban fantasy, romance, superhero fantasy
Notable worksMonstress
Tiger Eye
NYX
X-23
Dark Wolverine
Website
marjoriemliu.com

Marjorie M. Liu is an American New York Times best-selling author and comic book writer. She is acclaimed for her horror fantasy comic Monstress, and her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels[1] including The Hunter Kiss and Tiger Eye series. Her work for Marvel Comics includes NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. In 2015 Image Comics debuted her creator-owned series Monstress, for which she was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best New Series. In 2017 she won a Hugo Award for the first Monstress trade paperback collection. In July 2018 she became the first woman in the 30-year history of the Eisner Awards to win the Eisner Award for Best Writer for her work on Monstress.[2]

  1. ^ "PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: September 24, 2006". New York Times. 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  2. ^ Ducharme, Jamie (July 21, 2018). "A Woman Has Finally Won the Top Writing Award in Comic Books". Time. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.