Susanna Moore
American writer and teacher (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Susanna Moore (born December 9, 1945) is an American writer and teacher. Born in Pennsylvania but raised in Hawaii, Moore worked as a model and script reader in Los Angeles and New York City before beginning her career as a writer. Her first novel, My Old Sweetheart, published in 1982, earned a PEN Hemingway nomination, and won the Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She followed this with The Whiteness of Bones in 1989, and her third novel, Sleeping Beauties, in 1993. All three of these novels were set in Hawaii and charted dysfunctional family relationships.
Susanna Moore | |
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Born | (1945-12-09) December 9, 1945 (age 78) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Punahou School |
Spouse | William J. Langelier
(m. 1966; div. 1967)Richard Sylbert
(m. 1972; div. 1978) |
Partner | Michael Laughlin (1980s–1990s) |
Children | 1 |
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www,randomhouse.com |
Moore gained particular critical notice for her fourth novel, In the Cut (1995), which marked a departure from her previous works in both setting and content, concerning a New York City teacher who has a sexual affair with a detective investigating violent murders and dismemberments in her neighborhood. It was adapted into a 2003 feature film of the same name by director Jane Campion.