Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction and comics. Her books have been translated into twelve languages 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

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Life and education

Maurene Goo was born in

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and raised in

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, California. She studied communication and English literature at

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. She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from

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. Prior to publishing her debut novel, ''Since You Asked'', she worked in publishing and design.

''Career''

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'' (2018), and ''Somewhere Only We Know'' (2019). In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for

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, writing Korean-American superhero

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, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist

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who has previously illustrated other comics set in the

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. She has published essays and short stories in various anthologies, as well. Her newest young adult novel, ''Throwback'', will be published by

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on April 11, 2023. Her work has been critically-acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Booklist, been placed on many school, library, and state reading lists and has appeared on several “Best Book” lists, including NPR (2017, 2018), Cosmo (2019), The Boston Globe (2018), The New York Public Library (2017, 2018) and The Los Angeles Public Library (2013). She is the recipient of the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award and a finalist for the California Book Award''.''

Works

Young Adult Novels * ''Since You Asked'' ( Scholastic, 2013) * ''I Believe in a Thing Called Love'' (

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, 2017) * ''The Way You Make Me Feel'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) * ''Somewhere Only We Know'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019) * ''Throwback'' (Zando, 2023) Short Stories * in ''Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America'' (

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, 2018) * in ''Come On In'' ( Inkyard Press, 2020) * in ''Up All Night'' (

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, 2021) Comics series * ''Silk'' (

, 2020), illustrated by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goo, Maurene Living people 21st-century American novelists Year of birth missing (living people) University of San Diego alumni Emerson College alumni Writers from Glendale, California