Liz Moore (author)

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Liz Moore
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Moore in 2024
Born (1983-05-25) May 25, 1983 (age 41)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Education Barnard 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.

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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]

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. [5]

Bibliography

Novels

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. ↑ 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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