朱恒昱

朱恒昱（Wesley Chu，1976年9月23日—）是一位台湾科幻小说作家，目前定居美国。

生平

1976年，朱恒昱出生于台北，由于父母前往美国留学，小时候住在嘉义乡下，由开杂货店的祖父母照顾。1982年，朱恒昱五岁那年，前往美国定居在内布拉斯加州林肯，1990年在芝加哥定居 。他获得伊利诺伊大学管理信息系统学位，从事咨询工作，然后在银行业工作十年，也曾在电影和电视娱乐界工作，曾担任特技演员。

朱恒昱的第一部小说《The Lives of Tao》于2011年完成，并于2013年出版，也获选为2014年亚历克斯奖（Alex Awards）。朱恒昱在2014年成为一名专职作家。他在2014年和2015年都入围约翰·W·坎贝尔最佳新作家奖，并于2015年获奖。

朱恒昱与Angry Robot Books签订新系列合约。他的小说《断裂2097》于2015年获得约翰·W·坎贝尔最佳新作家奖，并由派拉蒙获得电影版权。

小说

Tao trilogy

The Lives of Tao (Angry Robot Books, 2013)

The Deaths of Tao (Angry Robot Books, 2014)

The Rebirths of Tao (Angry Robot Books, 2015)

"The Days of Tao" (Angry Robot Books, 2016)

Time trilogy

Time Salvager (Tor, 2015)

Time Siege (Tor, 2016)

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. Chu has appeared in several commercials alongside numerous celebrities, such as Michael Jordan.

Writing career

Chu's first novel, The Lives of Tao, was submitted in 2011 to Angry Robot as part of their "Open Door" process, and published in 2013. It was selected as one of the 2014 Alex Awards winners. Chu became a full-time writer in 2014. He was nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2014 and 2015, winning the second time.

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. In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named The Art of Prophecy one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year.

Filmography

Fred Claus (2007)

The Art of Pain (2008)