Lorrie Moore

Born

in Glens Falls, New York, The United States

January 13, 1957

Genre

Lorrie Moore was born in Glens Falls, New York in 1957. She attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where she tutored on an Indian reservation, and was editor of the university literary magazine and, at age 19, won Seventeen Magazine’s Fiction Contest. After graduating summa cum laude, she worked in New York for two years before going on to received a Masters in Fine Arts from Cornell University.

Over the course of the last two decades Lorrie Moore has earned a place among the finest writers in this country by exploring the lives of modern women and men, many of them in the Midwest, as they confront the often absurd indignities of ordinary life, most particularly the quest for love and companionship. Her short stories have char ...more

Combine Editions
Lorrie Moore’s books

Average rating: 3.76 · 69,458 ratings · 8,166 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

	Birds of America 4.11 avg rating — 12,411 ratings — published 1998 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gate at the Stairs 3.14 avg rating — 15,708 ratings — published 2009 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Help 4.20 avg rating — 8,824 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? 3.78 avg rating — 6,296 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bark 3.57 avg rating — 6,820 ratings — published 2014 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like Life 4.11 avg rating — 4,017 ratings — published 1990 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anagrams 3.95 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Short Stories 2004 by Lorrie Moore (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories 4.41 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Become A Writer 4.04 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Lorrie Moore…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Lorrie Moore

“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”
― Lorrie Moore

tags: novels, short-stories, writing

1896 likes

“All the world's a stage we're going through.”
― Lorrie Moore, Anagrams

1103 likes

“This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.”
― Lorrie Moore, Like Life

tags: love, relationships, sarcasm

804 likes

See all Lorrie Moore's quotes »

Polls

October 2014 Archive Book

Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

5 votes, 41.7%

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

4 votes, 33.3%

Island Of Wings by Karin Altenberg

3 votes, 25.0%

12 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Book Challenge: Old Time in the oh 9	7	51	Aug 12, 2009 10:30PM
Glens Falls (NY) ...: Lorrie Moore - born in Glens Falls (1957)	1	8	Sep 14, 2009 01:37PM
The Seasonal Read...: WINTER CHALLENGE 2009-2010 COMPLETED TASKS	3154	3159	Feb 28, 2010 09:02PM
The Life of a Boo...: Picking our July Books!	80	265	Jun 14, 2010 03:59PM
Between the Lines: What books are you reading?	1793	2024	Jul 23, 2010 01:14PM
The Seasonal Read...: 15.4 - Learn Your Numbers	137	366	Aug 19, 2010 10:47PM
Graywolf Press: Weekend Reads 8/27/10	4	15	Aug 27, 2010 10:29PM
Graywolf Press: Weekend Reads 9/3/10	12	15	Sep 06, 2010 07:29PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Lorrie to Goodreads.