Wesley Chu

Wesley Chu (朱恆昱) (born September 23, 1976, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American author of speculative fiction.

Early life and career Chu was born in Taipei in 1976 and originally raised by his grandparents in Taiwan while his parents were studying in the United States. In 1982, he joined his parents in Lincoln, Nebraska, later settling in Chicago in 1990. He received a degree in management information systems from the University of Illinois, worked consulting jobs, then spent ten years in the banking industry. Chu has acted in film and television, and has also worked as a stuntman. and published in 2013. It was selected as one of the 2014 Alex Awards winners. Chu became a full-time writer in 2014.

Chu signed a contract with Angry Robot early in 2015 for the Io series, new novels set in the same universe as the Tao series. His novel Time Salvager was optioned to Paramount in 2015, with Michael Bay attached to direct.

In 2019, Chu and Cassandra Clare debuted #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list with their novel The Red Scrolls of Magic, the first of The Eldest Curses series, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. Robert Kirkman tapped Chu to write the first The Walking Dead novel set in Asia, titled The Walking Dead: Typhoon, which was released on October 1, 2019.

In 2021, it was announced that Original Film and Sony Pictures Television had acquired the rights for Chu's The War Arts Saga, with plans to adapt the novels for television. Chu was listed as an executive producer on the project.