Maurene Goo
American author of young adult fiction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maurene Goo is a Korean-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.
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| 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 | |
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Life and education
Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles[2] and raised in Glendale, California.[3] She went to school thinking she was going to become a journalist,[4] and she studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego.[5] She applied to grad schools for journalism, creative writing, and publishing, ending up getting accepted into all.[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.[6]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[7] Their son was born in 2020.[8]
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.[9][10]
Her newest young adult novel, Throwback, is about a Korean American generation Z teen getting stuck in the 90s. It was published by Zando on April 11, 2023.[11]
Her work has been critically acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly,[12][13] Kirkus Reviews,[14][15] and Booklist,[citation needed] and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, including NPR (2017, 2018),[16][17] Cosmo (2019),[18] The Boston Globe (2018),[19] and The New York Public Library (2017, 2018).[20][21] The Way You Make Me Feel won the California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award,[22] and was a finalist for the California Book Award.[23]
Works
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
External links
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