Marie Lu (Author of Legend)

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Marie Lu

欧宝娱乐 Author

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in Wuxi, China

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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[Note: Many apologies, but I'm woefully bad at checking my 欧宝娱乐 emails! If you'd like to send a note/msg, please catch me on Twitter: . Thanks!]

I write young adult novels, and have a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, I was born in 1984. Before becoming a full-time writer, I was an Art Director at a video game company. Now I shuffle around at home and talk to myself a lot. :)

I graduated from the University of Southern California in '06 and currently live in LA, where I spend my time stuck on the freeways. ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 1,743,368 ratings · 175,304 reviews · 51 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Legend (Legend, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 551,372 ratings — published 2011 — 140 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prodigy (Legend, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 274,808 ratings — published 2013 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Champion (Legend, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 227,921 ratings — published 2013 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 140,656 ratings — published 2014 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warcross (Warcross, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 119,950 ratings — published 2017 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 67,939 ratings — published 2015 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildcard (Warcross, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 57,970 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Star (The Young Elites, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 47,188 ratings — published 2016 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel (Legend, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 36,060 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skyhunter (Skyhunter, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 22,857 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Aaaand the title reveal for the 4th and final LEGEND novel...

Aaaand the title reveal for the 4th and final LEGEND novel is鈥︹€EBEL!!!

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Legend (4 books)
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“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

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“He is beauty, inside and out.
He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.
He is my light.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

tags: day, june, love

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“Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.

鈥淗i,鈥� he says. 鈥淚鈥檓 Daniel.鈥�
鈥淗i,鈥� I reply. 鈥淚鈥檓 June.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

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