Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore | |
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Moore in November 2018 | |
| Born | 1985 (age 39–40) Liberia |
| Occupation | Author, publisher |
| Education | New York University, Howard University, University of Southern California, Columbia University |
| Alma mater | Howard University, BA; University of Southern California, MFA; Columbia University, MA |
| Genres | Magical realism |
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| Notable awards | Lannan Literary Fellowship |
| Spouse | Bolobowei Amaso |
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Wayétu Moore (born 1985) is a Liberian-American author and social entrepreneur. Her debut novel, She Would Be King, was published by Graywolf Press in September 2018, and was named a best book of 2018 by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Entertainment Weekly & BuzzFeed. The novel was positively reviewed by Time Magazine, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Moore has published work in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Guernica Magazine, The Atlantic, and other journals. She was awarded a Lannan Literary Fellowship for fiction in 2019. Moore's memoir, The Dragons, The Giant, The Women, was named a 2020 New York Times Notable Book, a Time Magazine 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020, and a Publishers Weekly Top 5 Nonfiction Books of 2020. In 2011, Moore founded a publishing house and nonprofit organization, One Moore Book, which publishes and distributes books intended for children in countries underrepresented in literature.