Christopher Moore (author)
Christopher Moore | |
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 Moore signing a copy of Bite Me at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., April 2010 | |
| Born | January 1, 1957 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Humor, fantasy, horror, absurdist fiction, comic fantasy, mystery fiction, adventure fiction |
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| chrismoore | |
Christopher Moore (born January 1, 1957)[1] is an American writer.
Early life
[edit]Christopher Moore was born in Toledo[1][2] and grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. An only child, he learned to amuse himself with his imagination.[3] He loved reading and his father brought him plenty of books from the library every week. He started writing around the age of 12 and realized that it was his talent by the time he was 16. He began to consider making it his career.[4]
Moore attended Ohio State University in Columbus and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.
Writing career
[edit]Moore's novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Excluding Fool, The Serpent of Venice, Sacré Bleu, and Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel, all of 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 said that all of his books have been optioned or sold for films, but as of yet "none of them are in any danger of being made into a movie."[5]
Moore names Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, John Steinbeck, Tom Robbins, Richard Brautigan, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Jules Verne, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and Ian Fleming as being key influences on his writing.[6][7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Since at least June 2006, Moore lives in San Francisco, after a few years of being on the island of Kauai.[citation needed]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]Moore's novels typically take place in the same fictional universe since characters from one book frequently turn up as minor characters or have cameos in other books. Some novels with a common protagonist or setting can be grouped into series. However, with the exception of the vampire books and the Death Merchant Chronicles, they can be read as stand-alone novels.
Pine Cove
[edit]- Practical Demonkeeping (1992)[9]
- The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999)[10]
- 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 Love Story
[edit]- Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995)[11]
- You Suck: A Love Story (2007); William Morrow; ISBN 0-06-059029-7
- Bite Me: A Love Story (2010); William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-177972-5
Death Merchant Chronicles
[edit]- A Dirty Job (2006); William Morrow; ISBN 0-06-059027-0
- Secondhand Souls (2015) HarperCollins Publishers; ISBN 978-0-06-177978-7
Chronicles of Pocket the Fool
[edit]- Fool (2009); William Morrow; ISBN 0-06-059031-9
- The Serpent of Venice (2014); William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-177976-3[12]
- Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel (2020); New York: William Morrow; ISBN 978-0062434029
The Tales of Sammy "Two Toes"
[edit]- Noir (2018); New York: William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-243397-8
- Razzmatazz (2022); William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-243412-8
Other novels
[edit]- Coyote Blue (1994)[13]
- Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997)[14]
- 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
- Sacré Bleu (2012); William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-177974-9
- Anima Rising (2025); William Morrow; ISBN 978-0-06-243415-9
Short stories
[edit]- "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
- "Cat's Karma" (1987)
Other works
[edit]- The Griff: A Graphic Novel (2011, 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
[edit]- ^ a b Christopher Moore at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2014-02-13.; Link dead 2016-1-7
- ^ Moore, Christopher (July 1996). "Christopher Moore: Cambria Author". Cambria Office of Tourism. Archived 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ^ "Christopher Moore - Book Series In Order". Book Series in Order. 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ [1] Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2]
- ^ "PopCultureZoo: Exclusive Interview With Christopher Moore – Christopher Moore". www.chrismoore.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions – Christopher Moore". www.chrismoore.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "Satire, Horror, and Humor… Oh My! – Christopher Moore". www.chrismoore.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ Moore, Christopher (1992). Practical Demonkeeping. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781841494470.
- ^ Moore, Christopher (1999). The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Spike/Avon. ISBN 0-06-059027-0.
- ^ Moore, Christopher (1995). Bloodsucking Friends: A Love Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81097-2.
- ^ "Christopher Moore - The Serpent of Venice cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. 2013-09-26. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ Moore, Christopher (1994). Coyote Blue. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-06-073543-0.
- ^ Moore, Christopher (1997). Island of the Sequined Love Nun. Avon. ISBN 0-06-073544-9.
- "The WD Interview: Christopher Moore"; Writer's Digest, June 2007; pp. 58–62
External links
[edit]
- 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, with 18 library catalog records
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American comedians
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American comedians
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American fantasy writers
- American humanists
- American humorists
- American male novelists
- Comedians from Toledo, Ohio
- Novelists from Ohio