Maurene Goo
Maurene Goo | |
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| Born | Glendale, Florida |
| Language | English |
| Education | BA in Communication, MFA in Publishing, Writing, and Literature |
| Alma mater | Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Years active | 2013-now |
| Notable works | I Believe in a Thing Called Love |
| Website | |
| maurenegoo | |
Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her novel I Believe in A Thing Called Love. Her books have been translated into seven languages.[1]
Personal life
Goo was born and raised in Glendale, U.S.,[2] and she studied communication at UC San Diego.[3] She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from Emerson College. Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing.[4] Goo is of Korean descent.[5][2]
I Believe in A Thing Called Love
Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, about a socially awkward Korean American teen who decides to follow a K-Drama formula to get a boy to fall in love with her, has received the most critical acclaim of all her publications so far.[6] It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[7] and Kirkus Reviews,[8] and landed on the best of 2017 and 2018 lists of CCBC,[9] Seventeen,[10] and Publisher's Weekly.[11] In February 2020 it was announced that a film adaptation written by Yulin Kuang is in development with A-Major Media, with Byung-hun Lee and Charles Pak as producers.[12]
Works
Young Adult Novels
- Since You Asked (Scholastic, 2013)
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
- The Way You Make Me Feel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)
- Somewhere Only We Know (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019)
Short Stories
- in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America (Simon Pulse, 2018)
- in Come On In (Inkyard Press, 2020)
References
- ^ "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ a b Goo, Steph Cha interviews Maurene. ""So Many Stories to Tell": A Conversation with Maurene Goo". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Books". www.alumni.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ Gallucci, Kelly (2018-05-23). "Maurene Goo Dishes on Food Trucks, Frenemies, and The Way You Make Me Feel". Bookish. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Maurene Goo on Writing Relatable Characters and her Enduring Love of K Dramas » Public Libraries Online". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ Farrell, Della. "13 Must-Read Titles for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Children's Book Review: I Believe in a Thing Called Love". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE by Maurene Goo | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "2018 Observations on Publishing". ccbc.education.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ Orenstein, Hannah (2018-01-16). "28 Totally Life-Changing YA Books That You Won't Be Able To Put Down". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Asian American Content Banner Launches With Valence Media Investment (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
