More about Moore
Quick Facts
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Favorite myth: Isis and Osiris
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Most visited travel destination: Egypt
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Favorite book this year: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
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Favorite book of all time: Emma or Persuasion by Jane Austen
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Coffee or tea: Coffee with lots of cream
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Favorite game: Mahjong
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Favorite Food: Tex-Mex or Thai Noodles
My Early Years
I’ve been a reader and writer for as long as I can remember. There’s an old photo of me, toddler-sized, perched on a potty chair with a picture book in hand. I taped my crayon-written stories to the bricks of my grandmother’s front porch like miniature manifestos. I wore out the pages of The Road to Story Land.
From ages seven to thirteen, the Quincy Public Library became my second home. I was the self-proclaimed Queen of the Library. My castle? The children’s reading room in the tower.
Falling in Love with Writing
I checked out the same three books so often the librarian called my mother to intervene. They struck a compromise: I could borrow them just once a month.
What were the treasured titles? The Girls' Book of Famous Queens, Cleopatra of Egypt, and D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. And so began my lifelong love of reading, mythology, powerful women—and, especially, ancient Egypt.
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Writing as a Career
As for writing, I’ve been lucky. My entire career has been making a living with words: first writing TV commercials, then fundraising and grant materials, and finally technical writer and editor. No, I didn’t write the Great American Novel during that time, but I learned the single most important writing lesson my creative writing classes never taught: you can’t wait for inspiration. You sit down and write, especially when you don’t feel like it.
Life as Inspiration
I have two wonderful adult children who’ve inspired more than a few of my characters. I love to travel, and many of the places I’ve explored find their way into my fiction. My interests—Egypt, mythology, gardening, heka (magick), and of course, a good romance or mystery—often bubble up in my stories. It all goes back to those early days, taping crayon stories to bricks and dreaming about queens.