Maurene Goo
Maurene Goo | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Language | English |
Education | BA in Communication, MFA in Publishing, Writing, and Literature |
Alma mater | Emerson College |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Years active | 2013–present |
Spouse | Christopher Appelhans (m. 2012) |
Website | |
maurenegoo |
Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her novel I Believe in A Thing Called Love. Her books have been translated into seven languages.[1]
Life and education[]
Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles[2] and raised in Glendale, California.[3] She studied communication 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.[5] Goo is of Korean descent.[6][3]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[7] Their son was born in 2020.[8][9][10]
Career[]
Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, about a socially awkward Korean American teen who decides to follow a K-Drama formula to get a boy to fall in love with her, has received the most critical acclaim of all her publications so far.[11] It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[12] and Kirkus Reviews,[13] and landed on the best of 2017 and 2018 lists of CCBC,[14] Seventeen,[15] and Publishers Weekly.[16] In February 2020 it was announced that a film adaptation written by Yulin Kuang is in development with A-Major Media, with Byung-hun Lee and Charles Pak as producers.[17]
In February 2020 it was announced at C2E2 that Goo would be writing a new on-going comic series for Marvel Comics, about the Korean-American superheroine Silk, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa who'd previously illustrated other comics set in the Spider-Verse.[18][19] The first issue was originally set for publication in July 2020, but pushed to October.[19]
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)
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)
Comics series
- Silk (Marvel Comics, 2020), illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa
References[]
- ^ "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ Cynthia (2018-07-13). "Read is the New Black: Author Interview with Maurene Goo". Read is the New Black. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Maurene Goo on Writing Relatable Characters and her Enduring Love of K Dramas » Public Libraries Online". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Dreamy California wedding: Maurene + Chris | Real Weddings | 100 Layer Cake". www.100layercake.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Feel incredibly lucky that my son will grow up with his beautiful books. Rest In Peace". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Home". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "My son turned seven months old today". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ Farrell, Della. "13 Must-Read Titles for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Children's Book Review: I Believe in a Thing Called Love". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE by Maurene Goo | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "2018 Observations on Publishing". ccbc.education.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ Orenstein, Hannah (2018-01-16). "28 Totally Life-Changing YA Books That You Won't Be Able To Put Down". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Asian American Content Banner Launches With Valence Media Investment (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- ^ "Cindy Moon Returns in 'Silk' #1". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ a b Grunenwald, Joe (2020-02-28). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
External links[]
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- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- University of San Diego alumni
- Emerson College alumni
- Writers from Glendale, California