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Marjorie M. Liu
Author · 89 books

New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and she leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop. Ms. Liu is a highly celebrated comic book writer. Her extensive work with Marvel includes the bestselling Dark Wolverine series, NYX: No Way Home, X-23, and Black Widow: The Name of the Rose. She received national media attention for Astonishing X-Men, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Ms. Liu also wrote the story for the animated film, Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher, which was produced by Marvel, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Madhouse Inc. Her newest work is MONSTRESS, an original, creator-owned comic book series with Japanese artist (and X-23 collaborator) Sana Takeda. Published by Image in Fall 2015, MONSTRESS is set in an alternate, matriarchal 1920’s Asia and follows a girl’s struggle to survive the trauma of war. With a cast of girls and monsters and set against a richly imagined aesthetic of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS #1 debuted to critical praise. The Hollywood Reporter remarked that the longer than typical first issue was “world-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.” Ms. Liu is also the author of more than 19 novels, most notably the urban fantasy series, Hunter Kiss, and the paranormal romance series, Dirk & Steele. Her novels have also been bestsellers on USA Today, which described Liu “as imaginative as she is prolific.” Her critically praised fiction has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, for THE MORTAL BONE (Hunter Kiss #6), and TIGER EYE (Dirk & Steele #1). TIGER EYE was the basis for a bestselling paranormal romance video game called Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box. Liu has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, MTV, and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal.com, Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. She is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker, appearing on panels at San Diego Comic Con, the Tokyo Literary Festival, the New York Times Public Lecture series, Geeks Out; and the Asian American Writers Workshop. Her work has been published internationally, including Germany, France, Japan, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Ms. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and has lived in numerous cities in the Midwest and Beijing. Prior to writing full-time, she was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.

Series

Books

Star Wars book cover

Star Wars

Han Solo

2016

Wild Thing book cover

Wild Thing

2007

Never After book cover

Never After

2009

From the Desk of Grant Cooperon

2025

Dark Wolverine #77 book cover

Dark Wolverine #77

2009

Dark Wolverine #85 book cover

Dark Wolverine #85

2010

Labyrinth of Stars book cover

Labyrinth of Stars

2014

Eye of Heaven book cover

Eye of Heaven

2006

Black Widow #3 book cover

Black Widow #3

2010

Astonishing X-Men #49 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #49

2012

X-23 (2010-2012) #1 book cover

X-23 (2010-2012) #1

2010

Astonishing X-Men #57 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #57

2012

Wingbearer book cover

Wingbearer

A Graphic Novel

2022

The Iron Hunt book cover

The Iron Hunt

2008

In the Dark of Dreams book cover

In the Dark of Dreams

2010

Monstress, Volume 1 book cover

Monstress, Volume 1

Awakening

2016

Shadow Touch book cover

Shadow Touch

2006

The Last Twilight book cover

The Last Twilight

2008

The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls book cover

The Secret Loves Of Geek Girls

2015

A Taste of Crimson book cover

A Taste of Crimson

2005

Astonishing X-Men #51 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #51

2012

Star Wars 21 book cover

Star Wars 21

2017

The Wild Road book cover

The Wild Road

2008

Star Wars 18 book cover

Star Wars 18

2016

Monstress, Volume 2 book cover

Monstress, Volume 2

The Blood

2017

Daken/X-23 book cover

Daken/X-23

Collision

2011

Astonishing X-Men #63 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #63

2013

Astonishing X-Men #54 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #54

2012

Astonishing X-Men #53 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #53

2012

Astonishing X-Men #61 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #61

2013

A Wild Light book cover

A Wild Light

2010

Black Widow #5 book cover

Black Widow #5

2010

NYX book cover

NYX

No Way Home (2008-2009) #5

2009

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine #2

2010

The Mortal Bone book cover

The Mortal Bone

2011

The Tangleroot Palace book cover

The Tangleroot Palace

2021

She Eats the Night book cover

She Eats the Night

2022

Star Wars book cover

Star Wars

Han Solo (2016) #1

2016

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination book cover

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination

Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

2013

Black Widow #2 book cover

Black Widow #2

2010

Darkness Calls book cover

Darkness Calls

2009

Star Wars book cover

Star Wars

Han Solo (2016) #2

2016

X-23, Vol. 2 book cover

X-23, Vol. 2

Chaos Theory

2012

Black Widow, Vol. 1 book cover

Black Widow, Vol. 1

The Name of the Rose

2010

The Night Eaters, Vol. 3 book cover

The Night Eaters, Vol. 3

Their Kingdom Come

2025

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine #6

2011

Wingborn book cover

Wingborn

2024

Astonishing X-Men #50 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #50

2012

NYX book cover

NYX

No Way Home (2008-2009) #1

2016

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine, Vol. 1: Empire

2011

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 11 book cover

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 11

Weaponized

2013

The Night Eaters, Vol. 2 book cover

The Night Eaters, Vol. 2

Her Little Reapers

2023

Dark Wolverine #78 book cover

Dark Wolverine #78

2009

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine #1

2010

NYX book cover

NYX

No Way Home

2009

Hunter Kiss book cover

Hunter Kiss

2009

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 10 book cover

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 10

Northstar

2012

Black Widow #4 book cover

Black Widow #4

2010

Soul Song book cover

Soul Song

2007

Black Widow #1 book cover

Black Widow #1

2010

A Dream of Stone & Shadow book cover

A Dream of Stone & Shadow

2012

Tiger Eye book cover

Tiger Eye

2005

Huntress book cover

Huntress

2009

X-23 book cover

X-23

The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

2016

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine #3

2010

Dark Wolverine #76 book cover

Dark Wolverine #76

2009

Dark Wolverine #75 book cover

Dark Wolverine #75

2009

Within the Flames book cover

Within the Flames

2011

Dark Wolverine #90 book cover

Dark Wolverine #90

2010

Star Wars book cover

Star Wars

Han Solo (2016) #3

2016

Sympathy for the Bones book cover

Sympathy for the Bones

2014

Mighty Marvel book cover

Mighty Marvel

Women of Marvel

2011

X-Men book cover

X-Men

Dark Mirror

2005

X-23, Vol. 3 book cover

X-23, Vol. 3

Don't Look Back

2012

Star Wars 20 book cover

Star Wars 20

2017

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 12 book cover

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 12

Unmasked

2013

Astonishing X-Men #60 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #60

2013

Astonishing X-Men #67 book cover

Astonishing X-Men #67

2013

The Red Heart of Jade book cover

The Red Heart of Jade

2006

Star Wars book cover

Star Wars

Han Solo (2016) #4

2016

Star Wars 19 book cover

Star Wars 19

2016

Minotaur in Stone book cover

Minotaur in Stone

2015

The Fire King book cover

The Fire King

2009

After the Blood book cover

After the Blood

2014

X-23, Vol. 1 book cover

X-23, Vol. 1

The Killing Dream

2011

X-Women book cover

X-Women

2013

Daken book cover

Daken

Dark Wolverine #4

2010

Jim Henson's The Storyteller book cover

Jim Henson's The Storyteller

2011

Where the Heart Lives book cover

Where the Heart Lives

2012

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