The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles.

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]

[Note: Many apologies, but I'm woefully bad at checking my Goodreads emails! If you'd like to send a note/msg, please catch me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Marie_Lu. Thanks!] I write young adult novels, and have a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, I was born in 1984.

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 15 novels, including Legend, The Young Elites, Warcross, Skyhunter, and Stars And Smoke. Her adult debut, Red City, releases on Oct. 14, 2025.

Born in 1984 in Beijing, China, Marie Lu (Xiwei Lu) moved to Texas, America with her family at the age of 5 in 1989. Graduating from The University of Southern California, Marie started working straight away in the video game industry for Disney Interactive Studios as a flash artist.

A young government prodigy, June, and the infamous, most-wanted criminal, Day, cross paths in this thrilling, romantic young adult series from the bestselling author Marie Lu. " Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it."

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.

Marie Lu (陸希未 Xiwei Lu) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and it's companion novellas Life Before Legend and Life After Legend I & II. Lu was born on July 11, 1984, in Wuxi, China.

Marie Lu is a YA novelist whose critical and commercial success prompted the New York Timesto call her “a hit factory.” The author of the bestselling Legend and Young Elites trilogies, she began writing science fiction and fantasy stories as a child; video games were another passion for Lu, whose family emigrated to the United States from ...

2012年11月13日 · Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites, Legend, and Warcross. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry as an artist.