Maurene Goo

Maurene Goo
Maurene Goo in 2018
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Language	English
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego Emerson College
Genre	Young adult fiction, comics
Years active	2013–present
Spouse	Chris Appelhans ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	1
Website
maurenegoo.com

Maurene Goo is a Korean-American author of young adult fiction and comics. Her books have been translated into twelve languages[1] and two of her novels, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Somewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films by Netflix.

Life and education

Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles[2] and raised in Glendale, California.[3] She went to school thinking she was going to become a journalist,[4] and she studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego.[5] She applied to grad schools for journalism, creative writing, and publishing, ending up getting accepted into all.[4] She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from Emerson College. Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design.[6]

In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[7] Their son was born in 2020.[8]

Career

Goo published her first young adult novel, Since You Asked, in 2013 with Scholastic. Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, was released in 2017, followed by The Way You Make Me Feel (2018), and Somewhere Only We Know (2019). In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics, writing Korean-American superhero Silk, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa who has previously illustrated other comics set in the Spider-Verse.[9][10]

Her newest young adult novel, Throwback, is about a Korean American generation Z teen getting stuck in the 90s. It was published by Zando on April 11, 2023.[11]

Her work has been critically acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly,[12][13] Kirkus Reviews,[14][15] and Booklist,^[citation needed] and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, including NPR (2017, 2018),[16][17] Cosmo (2019),[18] The Boston Globe (2018),[19] and The New York Public Library (2017, 2018).[20][21] The Way You Make Me Feel won the California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award,[22] and was a finalist for the California Book Award.[23]

Works

Novels

• Since You Asked (Scholastic, 2013)
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
• The Way You Make Me Feel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)
• Somewhere Only We Know (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019)
• Throwback (Zando, 2023)

Short stories

• in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America (Simon Pulse, 2018)
• in Come On In (Inkyard Press, 2020)
• in Up All Night (Algonquin, 2021)

Comics series

• Silk (Marvel Comics, 2020), illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa

References

1. "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
2. Cynthia (2018-07-13). "Read is the New Black: Author Interview with Maurene Goo". Read is the New Black. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
3. Goo, Steph Cha interviews Maurene (22 August 2018). ""So Many Stories to Tell": A Conversation with Maurene Goo". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
4. Chan, Goldie. "Telling Fun And Multi-Generational Asian American Stories With Author Maurene Goo". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
5. "Books". www.alumni.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
6. Gallucci, Kelly (2018-05-23). "Maurene Goo Dishes on Food Trucks, Frenemies, and The Way You Make Me Feel". Bookish. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
7. 100layercake (2012-09-17). "Dreamy California wedding: Maurene + Chris". 100 Layer Cake. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
8. Apeles, Teena (2022-10-04). "Inside the LA Home of Author Maurene Goo". JoySauce. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
9. "Cindy Moon Returns in 'Silk' #1". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
10. Grunenwald, Joe (2020-02-28). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
11. Comment, Amanda MacGregor Leave a (2023-04-18). "Book Review: Throwback by Maurene Goo". Teen Librarian Toolbox. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
12. "Throwback". Publishers Weekly.
13. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". Publishers Weekly.
14. "Throwback". Kirkus Reviews.
15. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". Kirkus Reviews.
16. "I Believe In A Thing Called Love". NPR: Books We Love.
17. "The Way You Make Me Feel". NPR: Books We Love.
18. "The 15 Best Young Adult Books You'll Be Obsessed With in 2019". Cosmopolitan. 27 October 2019.
19. "The best children's books of 2018". The Boston Globe.
20. "Introducing the Best Books for Teens 2017". New York Public Library.
21. "Best Books for Teens 2018". New York Public Library.
22. "The John and Patricia Beatty Award Recipients". California Library Association.
23. "Finalists for the 88th Annual California Book Awards Competition Announced". Commonwealth Club World Affairs.

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