Maurene Goo | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, comics |
| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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Maurene Goo is an American author. Her books have been translated into twelve languages[1] and two of her novels,I Believe in a Thing Called Love andSomewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films byNetflix.
Maurene Goo was born inLos Angeles to Korean parents[2] and was raised inGlendale, California.[3] She studied communication and English literature atUC San Diego[4][5] and has a master's in publishing and writing fromEmerson College.[6] Prior to publishing her debut novel,Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design.[7]
In 2012, she married illustratorChristopher Appelhans.[8] Their son was born in 2020.[9]
Goo's first young adult novel,Since You Asked, was published in 2013 with Scholastic. Her sophomore novel,I Believe in A Thing Called Love, was released in 2017, followed byThe Way You Make Me Feel in 2018,Somewhere Only We Know in 2019, andThrowback in 2023.[10]
In 2021, Goo completeda five-issue run forMarvel Comics about Korean-American superheroSilk, entitledThreats and Menaces. Takeshi Miyazawa illustrated the limited series in comic book.[11][12]
Her work has been critically acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews fromPublishers Weekly,[13][14]Kirkus Reviews,[15][16] andBooklist,[citation needed] and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, includingNPR (2017, 2018),[17][18]Cosmo (2019),[19]The Boston Globe (2018),[20] andThe New York Public Library (2017, 2018).[21][22]The Way You Make Me Feel won the California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award,[23] and was a finalist for theCalifornia Book Award.[24]
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