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 and Somewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films by Netflix.
Maurene Goo | |
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 Goo in 2018 | |
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, comics |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| maurenegoo | |
Life and education
editMaurene Goo was born in Los Angeles to Korean parents[2] and was raised in Glendale, California.[3] She studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego[4][5] and has a master's in publishing and writing from Emerson College.[6] Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design.[7]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[8] Their son was born in 2020.[9]
Career
editGoo'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 by The Way You Make Me Feel in 2018, Somewhere Only We Know in 2019, and Throwback in 2023.[10]
In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics about Korean-American superhero Silk, entitled Threats 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 from Publishers Weekly,[13][14] Kirkus Reviews,[15][16] and Booklist,[citation needed] and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, including NPR (2017, 2018),[17][18] Cosmo (2019),[19] The Boston Globe (2018),[20] and The 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 the California Book Award.[24]
Works
editNovels
edit- 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)
- One & Only (G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 2026)
Short stories
edit- 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)
Comic series
edit- Silk: Threats and Menaces (Marvel Comics, 2020), illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa
References
edit- ↑ "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ↑ Cynthia (July 13, 2018). "Read is the New Black: Author Interview with Maurene Goo". Read is the New Black. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ↑ Goo, Steph Cha interviews Maurene (August 22, 2018). ""So Many Stories to Tell": A Conversation with Maurene Goo". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ↑ Chan, Goldie. "Telling Fun And Multi-Generational Asian American Stories With Author Maurene Goo". Forbes. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Books". www.alumni.ucsd.edu. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Maurene Goo, MA '07 on Making It Big as an Author, Emerson College". emerson.edu. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ↑ Gallucci, Kelly (May 23, 2018). "Maurene Goo Dishes on Food Trucks, Frenemies, and The Way You Make Me Feel". Bookish. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ↑ 100layercake (September 17, 2012). "Dreamy California wedding: Maurene + Chris". 100 Layer Cake. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Apeles, Teena (October 4, 2022). "Inside the LA Home of Author Maurene Goo". JoySauce. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ↑ Comment, Amanda MacGregor Leave a (April 18, 2023). "Book Review: Throwback by Maurene Goo". Teen Librarian Toolbox. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Cindy Moon Returns in 'Silk' #1". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ↑ Grunenwald, Joe (February 28, 2020). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Throwback". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ "Throwback". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "I Believe In A Thing Called Love". NPR: Books We Love.
- ↑ "The Way You Make Me Feel". NPR: Books We Love.
- ↑ "The 15 Best Young Adult Books You'll Be Obsessed With in 2019". Cosmopolitan. October 27, 2019.
- ↑ "The best children's books of 2018". The Boston Globe.
- ↑ "Introducing the Best Books for Teens 2017". New York Public Library.
- ↑ "Best Books for Teens 2018". New York Public Library.
- ↑ "The John and Patricia Beatty Award Recipients". California Library Association.
- ↑ "Finalists for the 88th Annual California Book Awards Competition Announced". Commonwealth Club World Affairs.
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