My initials are L.A. but I go by Lu most of the time (or Dr. Lu – yes I am a Dr. just not the medical kind). Over my lifetime I’ve lived on both east and west coasts of the United States. Having worked many years in the entertainment industry, I have developed an interest in various types of creative writing, especially paranormal and fantasy. I have won awards for writing including the National Educational Film and Video Festival, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival. I have been nominated for the James Kirkwood Literary Prize.
I’ve been a student and scholar in business, information systems, and the arts. Along the way, I have won awards for my writing and I have attended a number of institutions in pursuit of various interrelationships between quantitative and qualitative knowledge relating sciences to the arts. Currently, I teach two classes, Advanced Technical Communication and Information Design at California State University Dominguez Hills and I work as a professional writer (business & technical). I’ve worked on both Academy Award-winning films and Emmy Award-winning television shows. Feature film credits include Beowulf, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Curious George, Arthur Christmas, and Hotel Transylvania.
I’m a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Founder of the LaCanada/Montrose critique group for middle grade and young adult literature. I am also a member of the Horror Writer’s Association. I have a Master’s degree from Wesleyan, a certificate in creative writing from UCLA, and am a graduate of the UCLA Master class in novel writing in fiction. My current areas of interest is in poetry and fiction, which include middle grade (scary stories, adventure, speculative), young adult, and fantasy.