Laura Moriarty (novelist)

Laura Moriarty (born December 24, 1970, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American novelist.

Not to be confused with Laura Moriarty (poet and novelist).

Life and work

Laura Moriarty was born in Honolulu in 1970. She earned a degree in social work before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. She was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Moriarty currently lives with her daughter in Lawrence, Kansas, and is at work on her next novel.

According to Moriarty, her debut novel (The Center Of Everything) was deeply influenced by a reading of Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World.[1] Other writers who have had a deep influence on Moriarty include Margaret Atwood, Tobias Wolff, and Jane Hamilton. Her favorite short story writer is Lorrie Moore.

Her novel The Chaperone was made into a 2018 feature film starring Haley Lu Richardson and Elizabeth McGovern.[2]

Selected publications
  • The Center of Everything. Hyperion, 2004
  • The Rest of Her Life. Hyperion, 2007
  • While I'm Falling. Hyperion, 2009
  • The Chaperone. Penguin, 2012
  • American Heart. HarperCollins, 2017
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References
  1. Interview at Moriarty's Meet the Writers page
  2. Niccum, Jon (April 14, 2019). "Lawrence author's tale of famous Kansan is now a movie, with 'Downton Abbey' pedigree". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 10, 2020.


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