Marie Lu
Marie Lu
Marie Luis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
judgmental tend
For me, as a fan, when I read book series, I tend to be the most judgmental of the last book.
drafts editor except glad occur sees throw
I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the story. I tell myself I'll worry about untangling it later. I'm glad no one sees my first drafts except for my poor editor and agent.
conscious ya
I write the story as it comes to me - YA is my natural voice, not a conscious choice.
ages although emails readers received science seven
In general, I write for ages 12 and up - although I've received emails from readers between the ages of seven and seventy. My books are science fiction.
constantly interest older policy product relationships wished younger
I've always had this interest in sibling relationships because I don't have any siblings. I'm completely a product of the one-child policy in China, so I always kind of wished that I had an older brother or a younger brother or sister just to have that bond, so I find myself constantly writing about that relationship.
books favorite
I remember my favorite books when I was a kid: 'The Redwall Adventure' series, 'Ender's Game,' things like that.
came learn
When I first came over to the States, I started writing, I think, as a way to help myself learn English. I would start stapling together little booklets for myself.
forcing writer
What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters!
leadership powerful politics
If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.
wounds-and-scars time-heals time-heals-all-wounds
Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.
laughter grief love-you
Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright blue eyes. Before me is the boy who has bandaged my wounds on the streets of Lake, who has guarded his family with every bone in his body, who has stayed by my side in spite of everything, the boy of light and laughter and life, of grief and fury and passion, the boy whose fate is intertwined with mine, forever and always. "I love you," he whispers. "Can you stay awhile?
brave follow-through ready
Brave thoughts, but am I ready to follow through on them?
distance knives cases
I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.
teenager writing years
I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.