Susanna Moore

Susanna Moore
Moore at the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival
Born	December 9, 1945 (1945-12-09)
Died	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Writer, Actress, Production designer, Costume Designer,
Spouse(s)	Richard Sylbert (1973-1978)
Children	Lulu Sylbert
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Susanna Moore (born December 9, 1945) in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, is an American writer.

Susanna Moore grew up in Hawaii. Her memoir, I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai'i gives the reader deep insight into a life in Hawaii other than that presented by tourist brochures.

In 1999 she received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2006 she received a Fellowship in Literature at the American Academy in Berlin; and in 2007 she received a Fellowship in Literature from the Asian Cultural Council.

Susanna Moore was Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Yale University in 1988, 1989 & 1994; Visiting Lecturer at New York Graduate School in 1995; Creative Writing Teacher at Brooklyn Federal Detention Center between 2004 and 2006; and Lecturer of Creative Writing at Princeton University between 2007 and 2009. During May to August 2009, Susanna Moore will be Writer-in-Residence at Australia's University of Adelaide.

Worked for a while as Warren Beatty's assistant.

Novels

• My Old Sweetheart (1982) ISBN 0-679-77641-9
• The Whiteness of Bones (1989) ISBN 1-4000-7504-1
• Sleeping Beauties (1993)
• In the Cut (1995) ISBN 0-452-28129-6 & ISBN 0-452-28480-5 (filmed by Jane Campion starring Meg Ryan)
• One Last Look (2003) ISBN 1-4000-7541-6
• I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai'i (2003) ISBN 0-7922-6528-9
• The Big Girls (2007) ISBN 1-4000-4190-2 and ISBN 978-1-4000-4190-9

External links

• Susanna Moore at the Internet Movie Database
• Susanna Moore: Women Behind Bars
• Susanna Moore: The Morning News
• Susanna Moore on Amazon
• The New York Times
• Susanna Moore
• Princeton University: Moore, a graceful novelist, pushes students to be daring