Christopher Moore (author)
| Christopher Moore | |
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Moore signing a copy of Bite Me at Politics & Prose in Washington, 2010 | |
| Born |
January 1, 1957 Toledo, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Humor, fantasy, horror, absurdist fiction, comic fantasy, mystery fiction, adventure fiction |
| Website | |
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chrismoore | |
Christopher Moore (born January 1, 1957)[1] is an American writer of comic fantasy. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.[1][2] He grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.
An only child, Moore learned to amuse himself with his imagination. He loved reading and his father brought him plenty of books from the library every week. He started writing around the age of twelve and realized that this was his talent by the time he was 16, and he began to consider making it his career.[3]
Moore's novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. With the possible exceptions of Fool, The Serpent of Venice, and Sacré Bleu, all his books take place in the same universe and some characters recur from novel to novel.
According to his interview in the June 2007 issue of Writer's Digest, the film rights to Moore's first novel, Practical Demonkeeping (1992), were purchased by Disney even before the book had a publisher. In answer to repeated questions from fans over the years, Moore stated that all of his books have been optioned or sold for films, but that as yet "none of them are in any danger of being made into a movie."[4] IMDB lists a film version of The Stupidest Angel was allegedly planned for an October 2013 release,[5] although the author denies this claim.[6]
As of June 2006, Moore has been living in San Francisco, after a few years on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Bibliography
Novels
- Practical Demonkeeping (1992)[7]
- Coyote Blue (1994)[8]
- Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995)[9]
- Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997)[10]
- The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999)[11]
- Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) William Morrow ISBN 0-380-81381-5
- Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (2003) William Morrow ISBN 0-380-97841-5
- The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (2004) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-084235-0
- The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, v. 2.0 (2005) – contains the same text as the above, with an additional 35-page short story at the end
- A Dirty Job (2006) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-059027-0
- You Suck: A Love Story (2007) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-059029-7
- Fool (2009) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-059031-9
- Bite Me: A Love Story (2010) William Morrow ISBN 978-0-06-177972-5
- Sacré Bleu (2012) William Morrow ISBN 978-0-06-177974-9
- The Serpent of Venice (2014) William Morrow ISBN 978-0-06-177976-3[12]
- Secondhand Souls (2015) HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-0-06-177978-7
Short stories
- "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
- "Cat's Karma" (1987)
Other works
- The Griff (2011, a graphic novel co-written with Ian Corson and illustrated by Jennyson Rosero, originally conceived in 2001 as a movie script) William Morrow ISBN 978-0-06-197752-7
References
- 1 2 Christopher Moore at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (July 1996). "Christopher Moore: Cambria Author". Cambria Office of Tourism. Archived 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "The Stupidest Angel". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ↑ "Christopher Moore (TheAuthorGuy) on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (1992). Practical Demonkeeping. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781841494470.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (1994). Coyote Blue. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-06-073543-0.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (1995). Bloodsucking Friends: A Love Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81097-2.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (1997). Island of the Sequined Love Nun. Avon. ISBN 0-06-073544-9.
- ↑ Moore, Christopher (1999). The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Spike/Avon. ISBN 0-06-059027-0.
- ↑ "Christopher Moore - The Serpent of Venice cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- "The WD Interview: Christopher Moore", Writer's Digest, June 2007, pp. 58–62.
External links
- Official website
- Christopher Moore at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview at Book Reviews and More
- Interview at Windycon 42 Blog, conducted by John O'Neill, 4/24/2015.
- Christopher Moore at Library of Congress Authorities, with 18 catalog records