Madeleine Roux

Madeleine Roux is an American novelist and the author of several World of Warcraft books.

World of Warcraft works

 * Traveler: The Shining Blade (2019)
 * A Moment in Verse (2020)
 * Shadows Rising (2020)
 * "The Paladin's Beast" (2021)

Trivia

 * Roux's two older brothers introduced her to PC gaming and the Warcraft RTS games when she was 12-13 years old. She started playing World of Warcraft during vanilla, around the time she graduated from university. Her first character was a night elf rogue, and night elves remain her favorite race. She raided with her rogue during vanilla, but internal guild politics caused her to switch to a night elf Restoration druid for most of vanilla and The Burning Crusade. Her account later got hacked and subsequently deleted, leading her to start over from scratch with a night elf Balance druid modeled after her old character. This druid is still her main. As of July 2020, she has a max-level character of every class, both Alliance and Horde. Aside from her main, she has 3 other druids, one for each non-Balance specialization: a Zandalari troll (who serves as her secondary Horde main), a worgen, and a Kul Tiran. In addition to playing retail, she is also a guild leader in Classic, but as of June 2020, the guild has effectively disbanded. Aside from the Warcraft games, she also used to be "very into" Overwatch and occasionally plays Diablo III with friends.
 * If she had to pick a favorite lore character, it would be Tyrande Whisperwind, but she is also a big fan of Malfurion, Arthas, Thrall, Illidan, Jaina, Talanji, Genn, and Nathanos. She has stated that after writing Shadows Rising, she feels like every character she got to write has become her favorite.
 * Wrath of the Lich King and Legion are her favorite expansions. She has a Legion tattoo on her leg.
 * The thing Roux enjoys the most is writing romance, and she has jokingly stated that she'd be satisfied with writing short Warcraft romance stories like A Moment in Verse for the rest of her life.
 * The chapter in Traveler: The Shining Blade that's told from a murloc's point of view is Roux's favorite chapter out of anything she's written.
 * The NPC Madeleine Roux is a reference to her.