Liz Moore (author)

Liz Moore (born May 25, 1983) is an American author. After a brief time as a musician in New York City, which inspired her first novel, The Words of Every Song (2007), Moore shifted her focus to writing. She received the 2015 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy in Rome, and her novel 2012 Heft was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Early life and education
Moore grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York City. She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Hunter College in New York City in 2009.

Career
Moore teaches in the MFA program at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Personal life
Moore lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.

Novels

 * The Words of Every Song (2007) ISBN 9780767926423
 * Heft (2012) ISBN 9780393343885
 * The Unseen World (2016) ISBN 9780393354416
 * Long Bright River (2020) ISBN 9780525540687
 * The God of the Woods (2024) ISBN 9780593418918