Liz Moore (author)
Liz Moore | |
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| Born | May 25, 1983 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Barnard College Hunter College (MFA) |
| Children | 2 |
Liz Moore (born May 25, 1983) is an American author and an Associate Professor of English at Temple University, where she serves as the Creative Writing Director. After a brief time as a musician in New York City, which inspired her first novel, 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
[edit]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
[edit]Moore teaches in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is the Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing for the Department of English.[4]
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
[edit]Moore lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Liz Moore | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Rome Prize Fellows | American Academy in Rome". www.aarome.org. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Liz Moore - Department of English". Department of English. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ Moore, Liz (2012-03-22). "A Family Fairy Tale, Twice Told — Modern Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
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