Marshall Moore

Marshall Moore (born in June 1970), in Havelock, North Carolina, is an American author and academic living in Cornwall, England. He attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) and went on to obtain a BA in psychology from East Carolina University, an MA in applied linguistics from the University of New England, and a PhD in creative writing from Aberystwyth University in Wales. He has also studied at Gallaudet University. He has lived in New Bern, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Washington DC, Maryland, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, the suburbs of Seoul, and Hong Kong. Fluent in American Sign Language, he worked for many years as an interpreter before moving abroad.

Marshall Moore
Born (1970-06-29) 29 June 1970
North Carolina
OccupationWriter, Editor
Period1990s-present
SpouseSimon Yuen
Website
marshallmoore.com

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Concrete Sky, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2003
  • An Ideal for Living, Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2010
  • Bitter Orange, Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2013
  • Inhospitable, Manchester - Taipei: Camphor Press, 2018

Nonfiction

  • I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing: A Memoir, Arabi, LA: Rebel Satori Press, 2022

Short story collections

  • Black Shapes in a Darkened Room, San Francisco: Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004
  • The Infernal Republic, Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2012
  • A Garden Fed by Lightning, Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2016

In translation

  • Sagome nere, Turin: 96, Rue de-la-Fontaine Edizioni, 2017

Edited anthologies (short fiction)

  • The Queen of Statue Square: New Short Fiction from Hong Kong (Co-editor: Xu Xi), Nottingham: Critical, Cultural & Communications Press, 2014

Edited nonfiction

  • The Place and the Writer: International Intersections of Teacher Lore and Creative Writing Pedagogy (Co-editor: Sam Meekings) London: Bloomsbury - Continuum, 2021
  • Creative Writing Scholars on the Publishing Trade: Practice, Praxis, Print (Co-editor: Sam Meekings) London: Routledge, 2022

Chapbooks

  • Il look del diavolo, Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2011
  • Never Turn Away, Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2013

In addition to these books, Moore has published dozens of short stories, book reviews, and essays. His short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and in such literary journals as Asia Literary Review, Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, Space & Time, and The Barcelona Review.

His short story "The Infinite Monkey Theorem" was a runner-up in the 2006 storySouth Million Writers Award, taking third place.

His work has been translated into Greek and Italian.


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