Wesley Chu

Wesley Chu

Wesley Chu (朱恆昱) (born September 23, 1976 in Taipei ) is an American science fiction author.

biography

First he grew up with his grandparents in Taiwan, while his parents studied in the USA, then from 1982 with his parents in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1990 the family moved to Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Management Information Systems and then worked as a consultant and then in banking for ten years. He has appeared in films and on television, and also worked as a stunt man.

Chu's first novel, The Life of Tao , was submitted to British publisher Angry Robot Books in 2011 as part of their “Open Door” process, and was published in 2013. In 2014 he was one of the winners of the Alex Award . Chu has been a full-time writer since 2014. In 2014 and 2015 he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and won in 2015.

Chu has signed a contract with Angry Robot Books for a new series that will continue the Tao series. Paramount has bought an option on his novel Time Salvager , which Michael Bay is under discussion to adapt. In October 2016 his debut novel Das Leben des Tao was published in German by Fischer Tor, followed in November 2016 with Die Tode des Tao Volume 2 of the trilogy, Die Wiedergeburten des Tao followed.

Awards

• 2015 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

bibliography

Tao

• 1 The Lives of Tao (2013)
  • German: The Lives of the Tao. Translated by Simone Heller. Fischer Tor (Fischer # 03487), 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03487-1 .
• 2 The Deaths of Tao (2013)
  • English: The deaths of the Tao. Translated by Simone Heller and Susanne Gerold. Fischer Tor (Fischer # 03488), 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03488-8 .
• 3 The Rebirths of Tao (2014)
  • English: The rebirths of the Tao. Translated by Andreas Heckmann. Fischer Tor (Fischer # 03489), 2017, ISBN 978-3-596-03489-5 .
• 4 The Days of Tao (2016)
• The Tao Novels (collective edition from 1–3; 2018)
• The Rebirths of Tao (short story in: Lightspeed, April 2015 )
  • English: The rebirths of the Tao. Translated by Simone Heller. In: Wesley Chu: The Deaths of the Tao. Fischer Tor (Fischer # 03488), 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03488-8 (excerpt).

Time Salvager (novels)

• 1 Time Salvager (2015)
  • German: Zeitkurier. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne, 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-31733-8 .
• 2 Time Siege (2016)

Io (novels)

• 1 The Rise of Io (2016)
• 2 The Fall of Io (2019)

The Mortal Instruments - The Eldest Curses (with Cassandra Clare )

• 1 The Red Scrolls of Magic (2019)
  • English: The Red Scrolls. Translated by Heinrich Koop and Franca Fritz. Goldmann, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-442-20602-5 .
• 2 The Lost Book of the White (2020)

Novels

• Typhoon ( Walking Dead - Tie-in , 2019)

Filmography

• Fred Claus (2007)
• The Art of Pain (2008)

literature

• John Clute : Chu, Wesley. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).

Web links

• Wesley Chu at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Wesley Chu in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Wesley Chu in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Wesley Chu in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)
• Literature by and about Wesley Chu in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wesley Chu in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , stories , articles )
• Literature by and about Wesley Chu in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Works by and about Wesley Chu at Open Library
• Wesley Chu at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Website Wesley Chu (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wesley Chu: Timelines. In: Locus Online . August 23, 2015, accessed June 22, 2016 . 
2. ^ Wesley Chu: Introduction . In: Time Salvager . Gate, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Darren: Debut Author Wesley Chu Joins Angry Robot with The Lives of Tao . May 2012.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wesley Chu: Timelines , Locus Online , August 23, 2015, accessed December 2, 2-18.
5. ↑ Lee: Open Door - a personal story from Wesley Chu . October 2013.
6. ↑ Wesley Chu: Acknowledgments . In: The Rebirths of Tao . Angry Robot Books, 2015.
7. ↑ Wesley Chu . Angry Robot Books.
8. ↑ Charlie Jane Anders: Good News: Angry Robot Books Gets Back To Full Speed ​​In A Couple Months . io9. January 14, 2015.
9. ↑ Jeff Sneider: Michael Bay to Direct Sci-Fi Movie 'Time Salvager' for Paramount . The wrap. 3rd June 2015.
10. ↑ Yes that is an eyepatch. And yes, I am happy to see you. . January 24, 2012. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 1, 2015.