Madeleine Roux

Madeleine Roux is an American fiction author. She has written several young adult paranormal and horror fiction series, including the ''Asylum'' series. She has also written two standalone adult science fiction novels along with several novels for licensed properties such as ''World of Warcraft'' and ''Dungeons & Dragons''.

Life and education

Roux was born in Minnesota. Roux attended Beloit College, where she studied creative writing and acting and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2008.

Career

Novels

Roux became known for her zombie fiction blog, ''Allison Hewitt Is Trapped'', which she turned into her first novel by the same name''.'' ''Asylum'', a 2013 young adult horror novel and first installment in the series of the same name, was a ''New York Times'' bestseller.

Her next young adult trilogy began with ''House of Furies'' in 2017. Kate McKean, in a review of the novel for ''Publishers Weekly'', wrote that Roux "brings her gothic setting to rich life in this darkly delightful (and frequently gruesome) series opener". In February 2022, the Oklahoma attorney general's office announced a list of school library books, which included ''House of Furies'', that they were reviewing for alleged obscenity. However, Attorney General John O'Connor walked back the probe within the day.

Both of her adult science fiction thriller and mystery novels – ''Salvaged'' (2019) and ''Reclaimed'' (2021) – received starred reviews from ''Publishers Weekly''. ''Paste'' stated that ''Salvaged'' "is not for the faint of heart" and that "there are few worse ways to go out than what Roux has imagined for humanity in ''Salvaged''".

In March 2022, Roux published the young adult horror novel ''The Book of Living Secrets''. ''The Proposition'', a Regency romance novel by Roux, is scheduled to be published in August 2022. In June 2022, it was announced that Quill Tree Books had acquired ''Now We Hunt the Doe'', a young adult fantasy novel by Roux, along with an additional untitled novel. ''Now We Hunt the Doe'' is scheduled to be published in 2024.

Licensed properties

Roux contributed the short story "Eclipse" to ''From a Certain Point of View'', a 2017 anthology of stories in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Jennifer Roy, for '' CBR'', commented that Roux's contribution "was the most devastating story in the collection because it showed Alderaan's fate from the point of view of Queen Breha Organa. .. 'Eclipse' compounded the tragedy of Alderaan and made Leia's loss even more visceral".

Roux wrote two ''World of Warcraft'' novels, as well as the short story "A Moment In Verse". ''Shadows Rising'', her second novel set in the ''Warcraft'' universe, was among ''Publishers Weekly'' bestsellers in July 2020. Roux is the author of the ''Dungeon Academy'' series, with illustrator Timothy Probert, which is a set of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' themed middle grade books;'''' the second novel is scheduled for release in November 2022. A novel featuring characters from the series, titled ''Dungeons & Dragons: A Goblin Problem'' (2022), was published under Roux's pen name Diane Walker.

Roux is the author of a prequel novel, titled '' Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien'', set before ''Critical Role'''s second campaign; it was released in November 2022.

Bibliography

Historical romance

* ''The Proposition'' (Dell, 2022, ) pcomingref name=":5">

Science fiction

*''Salvaged'' (Ace, 2019, )
*''Reclaimed'' (Ace, 2021, )

Young adult fiction

* ''The Book of Living Secrets'' (Quill Tree Books, 2022, )
* ''Now We Hunt the Doe'' (Quill Tree Books, 2024) pcomingref name=":6" />

''Zombie''

*''Allison Hewitt Is Trapped'' ( St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2011, )
*''Sadie Walker is Stranded'' (St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2012, )

''Asylum''

*''Asylum'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2013, )
*''Sanctum'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2014, )
*''Catacomb'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2015, )
*''Escape from Asylum'', prequel (HarperCollins Publishers, 2016, )
*''The Asylum Novellas'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2016, ); collects:
**''The Scarlets'', novella (2014)
**''The Bone Artists'', novella (2015)
**''The Warden'', novella (2016)

''House of Furies''

*''House of Furies'' (HarperTeen, 2017, )
*''Court of Shadows'' (HarperTeen, 2018, )
*''Tomb of Ancients'' (HarperTeen, 2019, )

Licensed fiction

''World of Warcraft''

*''The Shining Blade – World of Warcraft: Traveler, Book 3'' ( Scholastic Inc., 2019, )
*''Shadows Rising – World of Warcraft: Shadowlands'' (Del Rey Books, 2020, )
*''A Moment in Verse'', digital short story (2021)

''Dungeons & Dragons''

*''Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed!'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2021, )
*''Dungeon Academy: Tourney of Terror'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2022, )
*''Dungeon Academy: Last Best Hope'' (Farshore, 2024, )

''Critical Role''

* '' Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien'' (Del Rey Books, 2022, )

Marvel

*''What If. . . Loki Was Worthy?: A Loki and Valkyrie Story'' (Del Rey books, 2024,

Anthologies

* ''From a Certain Point of View'', "Eclipse" (Del Rey Books, 2017, )
* ''Don't Turn Out the Lights'', "The Tall Ones" (HarperCollins Publishers, 2020, )

References

External links

*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Madeleine
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American women writers
American horror novelists
American science fiction writers
American thriller writers
American writers of young adult literature
Beloit College alumni
Living people
American women science fiction and fantasy writers
American women writers of young adult literature
Writers from Minnesota
Writers from Seattle
Year of birth missing (living people)