“As women, we have to deal with constant threats of violence. And it's in our media and fiction, too. So we internalize it.”

American author and comic book writer

Marjorie M. Liu is an American author and comic book writer. She is known for her New York Times best-selling fiction and for her work in comics, especially Monstress. Her writing spans horror fantasy, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. She has written novels including The Hunter Kiss and Tiger Eye series, and she has also contributed to Marvel Comics titles such as NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. In 2015, Image Comics launched Monstress, a creator-owned series that brought her major recognition, including an Eisner nomination, a Hugo Award in 2017 for the first trade paperback collection, and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 2018.