Marie Lu Accomplishments

Marie Lu, originally born Xiwei Lu, was born in Wuxi, China on July 11, 1984. Although Marie Lu experienced some type of dystopian society, it was her mother that lived through the Culture Revolution in China, which was actually a dystopia. At the time, Lu lived with her aunt in Beijing and they were a few blocks away from Tiananmen Square. Lu’s aunt would take her down to the Square to see what the protestors were doing. After a few months a protest there was a massacre and Marie Lu was there that day, however she does not recall much the experience, she does remember that there were tanks in the street. At five years old Marie Lu moved to the United States, in 1989. When Lu moved to the United States she settled in Texas. She went to college at the University of Southern California. At first she wanted to become a lawyer, but ended up being an art director for a video game company, Online Alchemy and she also owns the children’s brand “Fuzz Academy.” Lu is currently living in Los Angeles, California. Marie Lu has been writing novels 12 years before the release of Legend, the first book of the three part series (Legend, Prodigy, and Champion). Her first manuscript was made when she was fifteen, and Legend was her fifth manuscript. Legend took about nine months for the book be completely finish and released to the public, so

The Republic believes that Day is dead because they believe that they executed him, but in reality they executed Day’s older brother, John and June is the Republic’s most wanted criminal for aiding Day escape. The theme of the book is Day’s motto: “Walk in the light” because throughout the whole book, every of Day’s actions are done because he wants best for everyone, specifically the poor sectors. He also wants to save his younger brother, Eden, from being a test subject for the Republic and he wants to protect