Maurene Goo | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, comics |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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Maurene Goo is an American author. 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.
Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles to Korean parents [2] and was raised in Glendale, California. [3] She studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego [4] [5] and has a master's in publishing and writing from Emerson College. [6] Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design. [7]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans. [8] Their son was born in 2020. [9]
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 in 2018, Somewhere Only We Know in 2019, and Throwback in 2023. [10]
In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics about Korean-American superhero Silk. The limited series was illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa. [11] [12]
Her work has been critically acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, [13] [14] Kirkus Reviews, [15] [16] and Booklist,[ citation needed ] and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, including NPR (2017, 2018), [17] [18] Cosmo (2019), [19] The Boston Globe (2018), [20] and The New York Public Library (2017, 2018). [21] [22] The Way You Make Me Feel won the California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award, [23] and was a finalist for the California Book Award. [24]
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