Maurene Goo | |
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 Maurene Goo in 2018 | |
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego Emerson College |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, comics |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| maurenegoo | |
Maurene Goo is a Korean-American author of young adult fiction and comics. 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[2] and raised in Glendale, California.[3] She went to school thinking she was going to become a journalist,[4] and she studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego.[5] She applied to grad schools for journalism, creative writng, and publishing, ending up getting accepted into all.[4] She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from Emerson College. Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design.[6]
In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans.[7] Their son was born in 2020.[8]
Goo published her first young adult novel, Since You Asked, 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 (2018), and Somewhere Only We Know (2019). In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics, writing Korean-American superhero Silk, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa who has previously illustrated other comics set in the Spider-Verse.[9][10] She has published essays and short stories in various anthologies, as well.[citation needed]
Her newest young adult novel, Throwback, about a Korean American gen Z teen getting stuck in the 90s, wasbe published by Zando on April 11, 2023.[11]
Her work has been critically acclaimed and award-winning, receiving multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[citation needed] , Kirkus Reviews[citation needed] , School Library Journal[citation needed] , and Booklist[citation needed] , been placed on many school, library, and state reading lists and has appeared on several "Best Book" lists, including NPR[citation needed] (2017, 2018), Cosmo[citation needed] (2019), The Boston Globe[citation needed] (2018), The New York Public Library[citation needed] (2017, 2018) and The Los Angeles Public Library[citation needed] (2013). She is the recipient of the California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award[citation needed] and a finalist for the California Book Award.[citation needed]
