Expertise
Creative Writing, Fiction
Biography
Liz Moore is an author and television screenwriter and producer. Her five novels (The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, and the New York Times- and internationally bestselling novels Long Bright River and The God of the Woods) have been selected for monthly book clubs by Good Morning America, Barnes and Noble, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. President Barack Obama has selected two of her novels for inclusion on his annual list of favorite books.
Moore brings the same authenticity to her work in screenwriting, having adapted her Long Bright River novel for television alongside showrunner Nikki Toscano. Moore serves as co-creator, executive producer and co-writer of the Peacock and Sony Pictures Television project, starring Academy Award®-nominated, Emmy Award-winning actor Amanda Seyfried. Her additional novels The God of the Woods and The Unseen World have both been optioned by Sony for development as television series.
A winner of the Rome Prize in Literature, a nominee for an Edgar Award and an LA Times Book Prize, and the Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University, Moore lives in Philadelphia with her family.
Selected Publications
- Liz Moore. The God of the Woods. Riverhead Books, 2024.
- Liz Moore. Long Bright River. Riverhead Books, 2020.
- Liz Moore. The Unseen World. W.W. Norton, 2016.
- Liz Moore. Heft. W.W. Norton, 2012.
- Liz Moore. The Words of Every Song. Random House/Broadway Books, 2007.
Courses Taught
- Fiction Workshop (MFA Program)
- Manuscript Tutorial (MFA Program)
- Special Topics in Creative Writing: The Invented Self: Autobiography as Inspiration for
- Other Written Forms (MFA Program)
- Studies in Creative Writing: Fiction (Undergraduate)
- The Short Story (Undergraduate)
