Leah Moore (born 4 February 1978) is a

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writer and columnist. The daughter of comics writer

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including '' Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', '' The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and '' From He ...

, she frequently collaborates with her husband, writer John Reppion, as Moore & Reppion.

Biography

Moore was born to comics writer

and Phyllis Moore on 4 February 1978 in Northampton. Her father is well known in the comics industry, and Leah Moore grew up familiar with it.

Career

Moore began writing for comics with stories for

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in 2002. Together, Moore & Reppion have scripted comics and graphic novels for the likes of '' 2000 AD'',

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Education, Dark Horse,

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Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It is best known as the owners of '' The Boys'' franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptations ...

, Electricomics, IDW, and

Self Made Hero SelfMadeHero is an independent publishing house which specialises in adapting works of literature, as well as producing ground-breaking original fiction in the graphic novel medium. SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the U.S. by Abrams Boo ...

. Moore & Reppion were consulting writers for some of the mysteries featured in Frogwares Games multi platform adventure '' Sherlock Holmes - Crimes & Punishments'', 2014. Moore was the Project Manager and a contributing editor for the digital comics publishing and reading platfor
Electricomics
from 2013 to 2016. Moore has written for

(

Gail Simone Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', '' Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Othe ...

's ''Swords of Sorrow'', ''

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''), '' Heavy Metal'', ''2000 AD'' (''Summer Special'' ''2018'')'','' and Shelly Bond'
Black Crown Publishing
(''Femme Magnifique'', ''Black Crown Quarterly''). She has also written columns and articles for ''

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'' online, ''

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'', and ''Comic Heroes'' magazine.

Personal life

Moore lives in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

with Reppion and their children.

Bibliography

Comics

*'' Wild Girl'' (with co-author John Reppion, and art by

Shawn McManus Shawn McManus (born June 30, 1958) is an American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo imprint including the ''Fables'' series. Comics Born in Brookline, Massachuset ...

and J.H. Williams III,

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wild ...

, 2006) *'' Albion'' (plotted by

, with co-author John Reppion, and art by

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, Wildstorm, 2006, tpb, Wildstorm, 176 pages, December 2006, ,

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, 144 pages, January 2007, ) *Accent Anthologies (with co-author John Reppion): *''Witchblade'': "Shades of Gray" (with co-author John Reppion, and art by Stephen Segovia,

Top Cow Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. History During the early years of Image Comics, which was founded in 1992, co-founder Marc Silvestri shared a studio with Jim ...

, 2007) *'' Raise the Dead'' (with co-author John Reppion, and pencil by Hugo Petrus and inks by Marc Rueda, 4-issue mini-series, Dynamite Entertainment, 2007, tpb, 120 pages, February 2008, ) *''

Savage Tales ''Savage Tales'' is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics, and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment. Publication history Ma ...

'': "Battle for Atlantis" (with co-author John Reppion, and art by

Pablo Marcos Pablo Marcos Ortega, known professionally as Pablo Marcos
at the

Gene Simmons House of Horrors'': "Into The Woods" (with co-author John Reppion, and art by Jeff Zornow, IDW Publishing, 2007, tpb, 192 pages, April 2008, ) *'' Space Doubles'': "Project: Obeah" (with co-author John Reppion, and art by Jeremy Dale and Jason Roth, Th3rd World Studios, 2007) *''Nevermore'': " The Black Cat" (with co-author John Reppion, and art by James Fletcher, Eye Classics,

, October 2007, ) * "Deadeye" (with co-author John Reppion and art by Matt Timson, in '' Popgun'' No. 1, ''Popgun'' No. 2, Image Comics, 2007/2008) *''

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vs. Eva'' (with co-author John Reppion and art by Edgar Salazar)Moore & Reppion Darkness vs. Eva
,

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, 19 March 2008 *'' Doctor Who'': "The Whispering Gallery" (with co-author John Reppion and art by Ben Templesmith, one-shot, IDW Publishing) *''The Complete Dracula'' (with co-author John Reppion and art by

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, 5-issue limited series, Dynamite Entertainment 2009) *''

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'' (with co-author John Reppion, Dynamite Entertainment 2009) * ''The Thrill Electric'' with co-author John Reppion and art by WindFlower Studio, October 2011, *'' Sherlock Holmes – The Liverpool Demon'' (with co-author John Reppion), Dynamite Entertainment, 2013

Books

* ''Tom Strong'', 2010 * ''Swords of Sorrow'', 2015 * ''Black Crown'', 2017

References

External links

*
July 2006 interview about ''Albion'' and future projects
by

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Dynamite Entertainment announcement of their signing up
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