New York Times Bestselling author, Marjorie M. Liu, gave up practicing law with the publication of her first novel, Tiger Eye, which kicked off her award-winning Dirk & Steele series -- dark, action-packed paranormal romantic suspense novels featuring shape-shifters and humans with special powers. Liu's Dirk & Steele series hit the bestseller lists for USA Today and Publishers Weekly – and put her at #10 on the New York Times bestseller list, where she stayed for four weeks with her anthology, Dark Dreamers.

Marjorie has been a multiple finalist for the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award, and has been a PEARL Award and Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award-winner. Her paranormal romantic thriller, Shadow Touch, was declared one of Publishers Weekly’s best novels of 2006, which had this to say in its starred review: “Liu's screenplay-worthy dialogue, vivid action and gift for the punchy, unexpected metaphor rockets her tale high above the pack. Readers of early Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris and the best thrillers out there should try Liu now and catch a rising star.” Booklist, too, named Marjorie’s paranormal romance, Soul Song, as one of its top ten Romance novels for 2006-2007.

Before becoming a full-time novelist, Marjorie traveled and studied throughout Asia, and worked at the US Embassy in Beijing. She currently lives in the Midwest, and is writing a new Urban Fantasy series for Ace books, about an inter-dimensional prison warden, the last of her kind, a woman who covered in living tattoos -- a demonic army that comes to life at night to protecting her life -- while at the same time, destined to end it.