Wesley Chu (朱恆昱) (born September 23, 1976, in Taipei) is a Taiwanese American author of speculative fiction.

Chu was born in Taipei in 1976[1] and originally raised by his grandparents in Taiwan while his parents were studying in the United States.

[2][3] He received a degree in management information systems from the University of Illinois, worked consulting jobs, then spent ten years in the banking industry.

[citation needed] Chu's first novel, The Lives of Tao, was submitted in 2011 to Angry Robot Books as part of their "Open Door" process,[5][6] and published in 2013.

[10][needs update] 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.