Christopher Moore (author)
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Christopher Moore (born January 1, 1957)<ref name=isfdb/> is an American writer.
Early lifeEdit
Christopher Moore was born in Toledo, Ohio<ref name=isfdb/><ref name=cambria/> and grew up in Mansfield, Ohio.
An only child, Moore learned to amuse himself with his imagination.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He loved reading and his father brought him plenty of books from the library every week. He started writing around the age of twelve and realized that this was his talent by the time he was 16, and he began to consider making it his career.<ref name="Questions And Answers with Christopher Moore">[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>
Moore attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.
Writing careerEdit
Moore's novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. With the possible exceptions of Fool, The Serpent of Venice, Sacré Bleu, and Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel, all 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 stated that all of his books have been optioned or sold for films, but that as yet "none of them are in any danger of being made into a movie."<ref name="bordersinterview">Template:Usurped</ref>
Moore has named 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 key influences on his writing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
As of June 2006, Moore lives in San Francisco, after a few years on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.Template:Citation needed
BibliographyEdit
NovelsEdit
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 all be read as stand-alone novels.
Pine CoveEdit
- Practical Demonkeeping (1992)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (2004) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- 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 StoryEdit
- Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- You Suck: A Love Story (2007) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Bite Me: A Love Story (2010) William Morrow Template:ISBN
Death Merchant ChroniclesEdit
- A Dirty Job (2006) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Secondhand Souls (2015) HarperCollins Publishers Template:ISBN
Chronicles of Pocket the FoolEdit
- Fool (2009) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- The Serpent of Venice (2014) William Morrow Template:ISBN<ref name="serpent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel (2020) New York: William Morrow Template:ISBN
The Tales of Sammy "Two Toes"Edit
- Noir (2018) New York: William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Razzmatazz (2022) William Morrow Template:ISBN
Other novelsEdit
- Coyote Blue (1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (2003) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Sacré Bleu (2012) William Morrow Template:ISBN
- Anima Rising (2025) William Morrow Template:ISBN
Short storiesEdit
- "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
- "Cat's Karma" (1987)
Other worksEdit
- 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 Template:ISBN
ReferencesEdit
- "The WD Interview: Christopher Moore", Writer's Digest, June 2007, pp. 58–62.