| Liz Moore | |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1983 |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Barnard College Hunter College (MFA) |
| Children: | 2 |
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, Oleggio Capitale (2007), Moore shifted her focus to writing.[1] She received the 2015 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy in Rome,[2] and her novel 2012 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 in Manhattan, New York City. She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Hunter College in New York City in 2009.[3]
Moore teaches in the MFA program at Temple University in Philadelphia.[4]
Moore's novel The God of the Woods was selected as the Barnes & Noble Book Club pick in July 2024. It went on to be shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year award. It was also featured as a Book of the Month pick in its initial month of publication.
Moore lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.[5]