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. She received the 2015
Rome Prize in Literature from the
American Academy in Rome, and her novel 2012 ''Heft'' was longlisted for the
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...
.
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
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...
in creative writing from
Hunter College
Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...
in New York City in 2009.
Career
Moore teaches in the MFA program at
Temple University in
Philadelphia.
Personal life
Moore lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''The Words of Every Song'' (2007) ISBN 9780767926423
* ''Heft'' (2012) ISBN 9780393343885
* ''The Unseen World'' (2016) ISBN 9780393354416
* ''
Long Bright River'' (2020) ISBN 9780525540687
* ''God of the Woods'' (2024) ISBN 9780593418918
References
1983 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
American women novelists
Barnard College alumni
Hunter College alumni
Temple University faculty
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