Maurene Goo

Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her novel I Believe in A Thing Called Love. Her books have been translated into seven languages.[1]

Maurene Goo
BornGlendale, Florida
LanguageEnglish
EducationBA in Communication, MFA in Publishing, Writing, and Literature
Alma materEmerson College
Home townGlendale, California
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable worksI Believe in a Thing Called Love
Years active2013-now
Website
maurenegoo.com

Personal life

Goo was born and raised in Glendale, U.S.,[2] and she studied communication at UC San Diego.[3] 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.[4] Goo is of Korean descent.[5][2]

I Believe in A Thing Called Love

Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, about a socially awkward Korean American teen who decides to follow a K-Drama formula to get a boy to fall in love with her, has received the most critical acclaim of all her publications so far.[6] It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[7] and Kirkus Reviews,[8] and landed on the best of 2017 and 2018 lists of CCBC,[9] Seventeen,[10] and Publisher's Weekly.[11] In February 2020 it was announced that a film adaptation written by Yulin Kuang is in development with A-Major Media, with Byung-hun Lee and Charles Pak as producers.[12]

Works

Young Adult Novels

  • Since You Asked (Scholastic, 2013)
  • I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
  • The Way You Make Me Feel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)
  • Somewhere Only We Know (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019)

Short Stories

  • in Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America (Simon Pulse, 2018)
  • in Come On In (Inkyard Press, 2020)
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References
  1. "Foreign editions". Maurenegoo. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. Goo, Steph Cha interviews Maurene. ""So Many Stories to Tell": A Conversation with Maurene Goo". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  3. "Books". www.alumni.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  4. Gallucci, Kelly (2018-05-23). "Maurene Goo Dishes on Food Trucks, Frenemies, and The Way You Make Me Feel". Bookish. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  5. "Maurene Goo on Writing Relatable Characters and her Enduring Love of K Dramas ยป Public Libraries Online". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  6. Farrell, Della. "13 Must-Read Titles for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  7. "Children's Book Review: I Believe in a Thing Called Love". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  8. I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE by Maurene Goo | Kirkus Reviews.
  9. "2018 Observations on Publishing". ccbc.education.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  10. Orenstein, Hannah (2018-01-16). "28 Totally Life-Changing YA Books That You Won't Be Able To Put Down". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  11. "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  12. "Asian American Content Banner Launches With Valence Media Investment (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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