Liz Moore (author)

Liz Moore
Moore in 2024
Moore in 2024
Born (1983-05-25) May 25, 1983 (age 41)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
EducationBarnard College
Hunter College (MFA)
Children2

Liz Moore (born May 25, 1983) is an American author. After a brief time as a musician in New York City, which inspired her first novel, Oleggio Capitale (2007), Moore shifted her focus to writing.[1] She received the 2015 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy in Rome,[2] and her novel 2012 Heft was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Early life and education

Moore grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York City. She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Hunter College in New York City in 2009.[3]

Career

Moore teaches in the MFA program at Temple University in Philadelphia.[4][5]

Moore's novel The God of the Woods was selected as the Barnes & Noble Book Club pick in July 2024. It went on to be shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year award. It was also featured as a Book of the Month pick in its initial month of publication.

Personal life

Moore lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Words of Every Song (2007, Crown Publishing) ISBN 9780767926423
  • Heft (2012, W.W. Norton & Company) ISBN 9780393343885
  • The Unseen World (2016, W.W. Norton & Company) ISBN 9780393354416
  • Long Bright River (2020, Riverhead Books) ISBN 9780525540687
  • The God of the Woods (2024, Riverhead Books) ISBN 9780593418918 [7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Liz Moore | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. ^ "Rome Prize Fellows | American Academy in Rome". www.aarome.org. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. ^ www.675plus.com. "Creative Writing MFA Alumni & Student Publications". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Liz Moore - Department of English". Department of English. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  5. ^ "From page to screen: Creative writing professor's novel 'Long Bright River' to be made into a TV show". Temple Now | news.temple.edu. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  6. ^ Moore, Liz (2012-03-22). "A Family Fairy Tale, Twice Told — Modern Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  7. ^ "How the North Country inspired bestselling author Liz Moore's latest novel". NCPR. 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  8. ^ Perez, Suzanne (2024-07-01). "Liz Moore's 'The God of the Woods' is the can't-put-it-down summer read you've been craving". KMUW. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  9. ^ Gaffney, Adrienne (2024-07-02). "Liz Moore on God of the Woods, Long Bright River, and Publishing". ELLE. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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