Writing a villain was harder than Marie Lu thought it was going to be. The author had initially conceived “The Young Elites” series from the point of view of a hero but realized the villain ...

Marie Lu is a superstar in YA fiction. With over 12 books under her belt, she’s gone from a newcomer in the genre to one of its veterans. But for Lu, writing is more than a job: It’s about the ...

In Marie Lu’s young adult debut, “Legend,” the Pacific Ocean laps at the edges of downtown L.A. and Walt Disney Hall is on the verge of collapse. Dodger Stadium has been repurposed in a ...

Courtesy of G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and producer John Cameron have optioned the rights to adapt Marie Lu’s novel “Warcross” as a ...

Legend, a young adult novel by local author Marie Lu released on Tuesday ... laughing, over her tea inside a Starbucks in Pasadena. “I think it was probably the right setting because the ...