Maurene Goo
Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction and comics. Her books have been translated into twelve languages[1] and two of her novels, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Somewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films by Netflix.
Maurene Goo | |
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 Maurene Goo in 2018 | |
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, comics |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| maurenegoo | |
Life and education
Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles[2] and raised in Glendale, California.[3] She studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego.[4] She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from Emerson College. Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design.[5]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[6] Their son was born in 2020.[7]
Career
Goo published her first young adult novel, Since You Asked, in 2013 with Scholastic. Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, was released in 2017, followed by The Way You Make Me Feel (2018), and Somewhere Only We Know (2019). In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics, writing Korean-American superhero Silk, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa who has previously illustrated other comics set in the Spider-Verse.[8][9] She has published essays and short stories in various anthologies, as well. Her newest young adult novel, Throwback, will be published by Zando on April 11, 2023.
Her work has been critically-acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Booklist, been placed on many school, library, and state reading lists and has appeared on several “Best Book” lists, including NPR (2017, 2018), Cosmo (2019), The Boston Globe (2018), The New York Public Library (2017, 2018) and The Los Angeles Public Library (2013). She is the recipient of the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award and a finalist for the California Book Award.
Works
Young Adult Novels
- Since You Asked (Scholastic, 2013)
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
- The Way You Make Me Feel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)
- Somewhere Only We Know (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019)
- Throwback (Zando, 2023)
Short Stories
- in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America (Simon Pulse, 2018)
- in Come On In (Inkyard Press, 2020)
- in Up All Night (Algonquin, 2021)
Comics series
- Silk (Marvel Comics, 2020), illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa
References
- "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- Cynthia (2018-07-13). "Read is the New Black: Author Interview with Maurene Goo". Read is the New Black. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- Goo, Steph Cha interviews Maurene. ""So Many Stories to Tell": A Conversation with Maurene Goo". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- "Books". www.alumni.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- Gallucci, Kelly (2018-05-23). "Maurene Goo Dishes on Food Trucks, Frenemies, and The Way You Make Me Feel". Bookish. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- 100layercake (2012-09-17). "Dreamy California wedding: Maurene + Chris". 100 Layer Cake. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- Apeles, Teena (2022-10-04). "Inside the LA Home of Author Maurene Goo". JoySauce. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- "Cindy Moon Returns in 'Silk' #1". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- Grunenwald, Joe (2020-02-28). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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