Wesley Chu is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve published novels, including the Tao, Io, and Time Salvager series. He was the 2015 winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. His debut, The Lives of Tao, won the American Library Association's Alex Award and was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction.

Wesley is also the coauthor of the Eldest Curses series with Cassandra Clare. Robert Kirkman tapped him to write The Walking Dead: Typhoon, the first Walking Dead novel set in Asia.

In addition to his writing career, Chu is an accomplished martial artist and a former member of the Screen Actors Guild. He has acted in film and television, and has worked as a model and stuntman. He recently returned from summiting Kilimanjaro.