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{{short description|American writer}}
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'''Christopher Moore''' (born January 1, 1957)<ref name=isfdb/> is an American writer.

==Early life==
Christopher Moore was born in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]<ref name=isfdb/><ref name=cambria/> and grew up in [[Mansfield, Ohio]]. An only child, he learned to amuse himself with his imagination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bookseriesinorder.com/christopher-moore/|title=Christopher Moore - Book Series In Order|date=2015-07-11|work=Book Series in Order|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en-US}}</ref> He loved reading and his father brought him plenty of books from the library every week. He started writing around the age of 12 and realized that it was his talent by the time he was 16. He began to consider making it his career.<ref name="Questions And Answers with Christopher Moore">[http://hortorian.com/2011/04/questions-and-answers-with-christopher-moore/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320180000/http://hortorian.com/2011/04/questions-and-answers-with-christopher-moore/|date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> 

Moore attended [[Ohio State University]] in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] and [[Brooks Institute of Photography]] in [[Santa Barbara, California]].

==Writing career==
Moore's novels typically involve conflicted [[everyman]] characters struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Excluding ''[[Fool (novel)|Fool]]'', ''The Serpent of Venice'', ''Sacré Bleu'', and ''Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel'', all of his books take place in the same universe and some characters recur from novel to novel.

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 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] even before the book had a publisher. In answer to repeated questions from fans over the years, Moore said that all of his books have been optioned or sold for films, but as of yet "none of them are in any danger of being made into a movie."<ref name="bordersinterview">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207112920/http://www.bordersmedia.com/store01/moore/default.asp]}}</ref>

Moore names [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[Douglas Adams]], [[John Steinbeck]], [[Tom Robbins]], [[Richard Brautigan]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Richard Matheson]], [[Jules Verne]], [[Ray Bradbury]], [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]], and [[Ian Fleming]] as being key influences on his writing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/popculturezoo-exclusive-interview-with-christopher-moore/|title=PopCultureZoo: Exclusive Interview With Christopher Moore – Christopher Moore|website=www.chrismoore.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chrismoore.com/faq/|title=Frequently Asked Questions – Christopher Moore|website=www.chrismoore.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/satire-horror-and-humor-oh-my/|title=Satire, Horror, and Humor… Oh My! – Christopher Moore|website=www.chrismoore.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-05}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Since at least June 2006, Moore lives in [[San Francisco]], after a few years of being on the island of [[Kauaʻi|Kauai]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

==Bibliography==

=== Novels ===
Moore's novels typically take place in the same fictional universe since characters from one book frequently turn up as minor characters or have cameos in other books. Some novels with a common protagonist or setting can be grouped into series. However, with the exception of the vampire books and the Death Merchant Chronicles, they can be read as stand-alone novels.

==== Pine Cove ====
* ''[[Practical Demonkeeping]]'' (1992)<ref>{{Cite book|title = Practical Demonkeeping|last = Moore|first = Christopher|publisher = St. Martin's Press|year = 1992|isbn = 9781841494470}}</ref>
* ''[[The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove]]'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove|last = Moore|first = Christopher|publisher = Spike/Avon|year = 1999|isbn = 0-06-059027-0|url = https://archive.org/details/dirtyjob00moor}}</ref>
* ''[[The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror]]'' (2004); [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]; {{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 Love Story'' ====
# ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story]]'' (1995)<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bloodsucking Friends: A Love Story|last = Moore|first = Christopher|publisher = Simon & Schuster|year = 1995|isbn = 0-684-81097-2|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/bloodsuckingfien0000moor}}</ref> 
# ''[[You Suck: A Love Story]]'' (2007); William Morrow; {{ISBN|0-06-059029-7}}
# ''[[Bite Me: A Love Story]]'' (2010); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-177972-5}}

==== Death Merchant Chronicles ====
* ''[[A Dirty Job]]'' (2006); William Morrow; {{ISBN|0-06-059027-0}}
* ''Secondhand Souls'' (2015) [[HarperCollins|HarperCollins Publishers]]; {{ISBN|978-0-06-177978-7}}

==== Chronicles of Pocket the Fool ====
* ''[[Fool (novel)|Fool]]'' (2009); William Morrow; {{ISBN|0-06-059031-9}}
* ''The Serpent of Venice'' (2014); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-177976-3}}<ref name="serpent">{{cite web |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/christopher-moore-the-serpent-of-venice-cover-art-and-synopsis |title=Christopher Moore - The Serpent of Venice cover art and synopsis |publisher=Upcoming4.me |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=2014-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928121518/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/christopher-moore-the-serpent-of-venice-cover-art-and-synopsis |archive-date=2013-09-28 }}</ref>
* ''Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel'' (2020); New York: William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0062434029}}

==== The Tales of Sammy "Two Toes" ====
* ''Noir'' (2018); New York: William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-243397-8}}
* ''Razzmatazz'' (2022); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-243412-8}}

==== Other novels ====
* ''[[Coyote Blue]]'' (1994)<ref>{{Cite book|title = Coyote Blue|last = Moore|first = Christopher|publisher = Simon & Schuster|year = 1994|isbn = 0-06-073543-0|url = https://archive.org/details/coyoteblue00moor}}</ref> 
* ''[[Island of the Sequined Love Nun]]'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite book|title = Island of the Sequined Love Nun|last = Moore|first = Christopher|publisher = Avon|year = 1997|isbn = 0-06-073544-9|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/islandofsequined00chri}}</ref>
* ''[[Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal]]'' (2002); William Morrow; {{ISBN|0-380-81381-5}}
* ''[[Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings]]'' (2003); William Morrow; {{ISBN|0-380-97841-5}}
* ''Sacré Bleu'' (2012); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-177974-9}}
* ''Anima Rising'' (2025); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-243415-9}}

===Short stories===
*"Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings" (1987)
*"Cat's Karma" (1987)

===Other works===
*''The Griff: A Graphic Novel'' (2011, co-written with Ian Corson and illustrated by Jennyson Rosero, originally conceived in 2001 as a movie script); William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0-06-197752-7}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=cambria>
Moore, Christopher (July 1996). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050227023447/http://www.cambriatourism.org/insidecambria/authors/c_moore.html "Christopher Moore: Cambria Author"]. Cambria Office of Tourism. Archived 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-13.</ref>
<ref name=isfdb>
{{isfdb name|2257|Christopher Moore}} (ISFDB). Retrieved 2014-02-13.; Link dead 2016-1-7</ref>
}}

* "The WD Interview: Christopher Moore"; ''Writer's Digest'', June 2007; pp.&nbsp;58–62

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{official website}}
* {{isfdb name|2257|name=Christopher Moore}}
* [https://www.bookreviewsandmore.ca/2011/03/christopher-moore-author-profile.html Interview at Book  Reviews and More]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150925090556/http://windyconblog.amazingstoriesmag.com/?p=264 Interview at Windycon 42 Blog], conducted by John O'Neill, 4/24/2015
* {{LCAuth|n94026414|Christopher Moore|18|}}

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