The Lives of Tao (Angry Robot Books, 2013).In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named The Art of Prophecy one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. Chu was listed as an executive producer on the project. In 2021, it was announced that Original Film and Sony Pictures Television acquired the rights for Chu's The War Arts Saga, with plans to adapt the novels for television. Robert Kirkman tapped Chu to write the first The Walking Dead novel set in Asia, titled The Walking Dead: Typhoon.

In 2019, Chu debuted #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, with co-author Cassandra Clare, with their novel The Red Scrolls of Magic, the first of The Eldest Curses series, part of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.

His novel Time Salvager was optioned to Paramount in 2015, with Michael Bay attached to direct. Ĭhu signed a contract with Angry Robot Books early in 2015 for the Io series, new novels set in the same universe as the Tao series. He was nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 20, winning the second time. It was selected as one of the 2014 Alex Awards winners. Chu has appeared in several high-profile commercials alongside numerous celebrities, such as Michael Jordan.Ĭhu's first novel, The Lives of Tao, was submitted in 2011 to Angry Robot Books as part of their 'Open Door' process, and published in 2013. He has acted in film and television, and has also worked as a stuntman. He received a degree in management information systems from the University of Illinois, worked consulting jobs, then spent ten years in the banking industry. In 1982, he joined his parents in Lincoln, Nebraska, later settling in Chicago in 1990. He was originally raised by his grandparents in Taiwan while his parents were studying in the United States. Wesley Chu (朱恆昱) (born September 23, 1976, in Taipei) is a #1 New York Times Bestselling speculative fiction author.

Time salvager series