Maurene Goo
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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 |
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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 and Somewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films by Netflix.
Maurene 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
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 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]
