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Christopher Moore (born 1957 in Toledo, Ohio^[1]) is an American writer of absurdist fiction and comic fantasy. He grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.

Moore's novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Inheriting a humanism from his love of John Steinbeck and a sense of the absurd from Kurt Vonnegut, Moore is a best-selling author with major cult status.

According to his interview in the June 2007 issue of Writer's Digest, the film rights to Moore's first novel, Practical Demonkeeping (1992), were purchased by Disney even before the book had a publisher. You Suck (early 2007), in answer to repeated questions from fans over the years, Moore stated that all of his books have been optioned or sold for films, but that as yet "none of them are in any danger of being made into a movie."^[2]

As of June 2006, Moore has been living in San Francisco, California, after a few years' residence on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.

Novels

• Practical Demonkeeping (1992) Orbit Book Co. ISBN 9781841494470
• Coyote Blue (1994) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-06-073543-0
• Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-684-81097-2
• Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997) Avon ISBN 0-06-073544-9
• The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999) Harper Collins ISBN 0-06-059027-0
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) HarperCollins Publication ISBN 0-380-81381-5
• Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (2003) William Morrow & Company ISBN 0-380-97841-5
• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (2004) William Morrow & Company Publication ISBN 0-06-084235-0
  • The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, v. 2.0 (2005) -- contains the same text as the above, with an additional 35-page short story at the end
• A Dirty Job (2006) (awarded The Quill Book Award for General Fiction for 2006) Harper Collins ISBN 0-06-059027-0
• You Suck: A Love Story (2007) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-059029-7
• Fool (2009) William Morrow ISBN 0-06-059031-9
• Bite Me: A Love Story (2010) WIlliam Morrow ISBN 978-0-06-177972-5

Short stories

• "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
• "Cat's Karma" (1987)

Other works

• The Griff (2001), a screenplay co-written by Moore and Ian Corson

Notes

References

• "The WD Interview: Christopher Moore," Writer's Digest, June 2007, pp. 58-62.
• Deeb, Benjamin. The Rise of Absurdist Fiction. Linkcin Press. ISBN 0452285801

External links

• Preview interview in advance of book tour stop for You Suck in Phoenix, in which he identifies his "average reader" and talks about researching the voice of a 16-year-old goth girl: "Basically, you just become a huge perv and lurk on MySpace."
• Christopher Moore's own homepage
• Christopher Moore's fan bulletin board, on which he maintains a bulletin board for fans and frequently participates; contains also the author's older blog
  • New and ongoing version of Moore's blog (with archive of previous blog), as of Aug. 22, 2008
• Interview from ca. 2001 at Bookhaunts.net
• Christopher Moore's MySpace profile
• Online interview from CBC's Words at Large
• Web-video of book-signing appearance by Moore at Borders Books and Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 15, 2007
• Interview with Sci Fi Weekly from April 16, 2007
• Christopher Moore at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

From Wikiquote

Christopher Moore (born 1957 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American writer of absurdist fiction.

Sourced

Coyote Blue (1994)

• Great heroes have Great horniness.

• You should feel what it is like to pleasure a falcon. You lock talons with her in the sky and do it while you both are falling like meteors. You would like it; they never complain if you come too fast.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002)

• If you have come to these pages for laughter, may you find it.
  If you are here to be offended, may your ire rise and your blood boil.
  If you seek an adventure, may this song sing you away to blissful escape.
  If you need to test or confirm your beliefs, may you reach comfortable conclusions.
  All books reveal perfection, by what they are or what they are not.
  May you find that which you seek, in these pages or outside them.
  May you find perfection, and know it by name.
  • Author's Blessing

• You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't. Trust me, I was there. I know.
  • Biff, in Ch. 1

• Moses should have said "Let my people go. Please."
  • Josh (Jesus)

• When the oil of the lamp is used up the wanker shall light his own way to salvation.

• Fornication with your daughters thats like a double dog sin.

• Your mother eats fungus from the feet of lepers.

• Sin is moist make a mental note.

• Oh to be young and in love (with 8 Chinese concubines).

• This book you've read is just a story. I made it up. It is not designed to change anyone's beliefs or worldview, unless after reading it you've decided to be kinder to your fellow humans (which is okay), or you decide you really would like to teach yoga to an elephant, in which case, please get videotape.
  • Afterword : Teaching Yoga to an Elephant

Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (2003)

• The Science you don't know looks like magic.
  • Kona, in Ch. 30

• Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or booty call, the humpback song is an amazing thing to experience firsthand, and I suspect that even once the science of it is put to bed, it will remain, as long as they sing, magic.
  • Author's notes : Science and Magic

• Tension among a bunch of neurotics is just more interesting for a story than is a description of dedicated professionals doing their work and getting along, which is the case in reality. When in doubt, assume I made it up.
  • Author's notes : Science and Magic

External links

Wikipedia has an article about:

Christopher Moore (author)

• Christopher Moore's homepage
• Christopher Moore's blog and bulletin board
• Christopher Moore's MySpace profile
• Interview with Sci Fi Weekly (16 April 2007)
• Author's webpage for Coyote Blue
• Author's webpage for Fluke

Online stories

• "Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
• "Cat's Karma" (1987)