Liz Moore (author)

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, The Words of Every Song (2007), Moore shifted her focus to writing.[1] She subsequently published the novels Heft in 2012 and The Unseen World in 2016. She received the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy in Rome,[2] and her novel Heft was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Moore grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College. She received a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from Hunter College in 2009.[3] She teaches in the MFA program at Temple University.[4] Moore lives in Philadelphia[5] with her husband, daughter, and two sons.

Bibliography

Novels
  • The Words of Every Song (2007)
  • Heft (2012)
  • The Unseen World (2016)
  • Long Bright River (2020)[6]

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.
  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.
  6. "Long Bright River by Liz Moore". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 27, 2019.


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