Wayétu Moore

Author & Social Entrepreneur

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Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Wayétu Moore Biography

Wayétu Moore is the author of She Would Be King, released by Graywolf Press in September, 2018. Her memoir, The Dragons, The Giant, The Women will also be released with Graywolf on June 2, 2020. She is the recipient of the 2019 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction.

She Would Be King was named a best book of 2018 by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Entertainment Weekly & BuzzFeed. The novel was a Sarah Jessica Parker Book Club selection, a BEA Buzz Panel Book, a #1 Indie Next Pick and a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award.

Moore is the founder of One Moore Book, a non-profit organization that creates and distributes culturally relevant books for underrepresented readers. Her first bookstore opened in Monrovia, Liberia in 2015.Her writing can be found in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Frieze Magazine, Guernica, The Atlantic Magazine and other publications. She has been featured in The Economist Magazine, NPR and Vogue Magazine, among others, for her work in advocacy for diverse children’s literature.

She’s a graduate of Howard University, University of Southern California and Columbia University.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/20/2024.

Wayétu Moore Videos

  • Wayétu Moore reads "A Song"
    Wayétu Moore reads "A Song" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Brought to you by Complexly, The Poetry Foundation, and poet Paige Lewis.
  • Author Wayétu Moore's debut novel “She Would Be King” combines ...
    Author Wayétu Moore is making her novel debut with “She Would Be King, a dramatic reimagination of Liberia's creation. The story follows ...

Wayétu Moore Books

  • The Dragons, The Giant, The Women: A Memoir
    The Dragons, The Giant, The Women: A Memoir
  • She Would Be King: A Novel
    She Would Be King: A Novel

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