Susanna Moore

Who is Susanna Moore?

Susanna Moore is an American writer.

Moore was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and grew up in Hawaii. Her memoir, I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawaii gives the reader deep insight into a life in Hawaii other than that presented by tourist brochures.

In 1999, she received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2006 she received a Fellowship in Literature at the American Academy in Berlin; and in 2007 she received a Fellowship in Literature from the Asian Cultural Council.

Susanna Moore was Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Yale University in 1988, 1989 & 1994; Visiting Lecturer at New York Graduate School in 1995; Creative Writing Teacher at Brooklyn Federal Detention Center between 2004 and 2006; and Lecturer of Creative Writing at Princeton University between 2007 and 2009. During May to August 2009, Susanna Moore will be Writer-in-Residence at Australia's University of Adelaide.

Worked for a while in LA the late 1960s as Warren Beatty's assistant.