American author, born in
Toledo, Ohio, in 1957. He and his family moved to
Mansfield, Ohio, where he enjoyed a fairly normal childhood. He attended
Ohio State University, where he studied
anthropology, and the
Brooks Institute of Photography in
Santa Barbara, California. He also worked at a variety of
jobs, including
journalist,
disk jockey,
photographer,
motel clerk,
insurance agent,
roofer,
waiter,
factory worker (he made
ceramic Nativity scenes and says, "I am still remembered for making a mean
baby Jesus.") and
night clerk in a
grocery store.
When he turned 30, he grew concerned that he was wasting his life away,
drinking too much and working as a waiter in a very
small town. So he quit
drinking to write his first
novel: "
Practical Demonkeeping", an
odd fantasy about
small town life,
funny but very
evil demons,
immortals, and
genies. It was
published, and
Disney bought the
film rights to the
book (it hasn't been made into a
movie, and probably never will, certainly not by Disney).
Moore soon published "
Coyote Blue" (featuring
Crow Indians,
trickster gods,
Zen mechanics, and
Las Vegas), "
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story" (my personal
favorite Moore novel, it's about
vampires,
grocery clerks,
Emperor Norton,
San Francisco, and
sex), "
Island of the Sequined Love Nun" (
cargo cults,
cannibalism, and horrific
groin injuries), "
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" (
sex,
weed,
psychotherapy,
cyborg bartenders,
B-movie queens, and a
carnivorous,
shapeshifting sea monster who humps
tanker trucks), and "
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal," which follows the
Messiah and his
best bud from the age of
six up, as they raise
lizards from the dead, battle
demons, and travel throughout the Near- and Far-East.
I dig Moore's
writing. He's
extremely funny, and he writes
fantastic characters. Half the fun of
reading his books is getting to know the many
strange characters he creates. I
recommend him for almost anyone. Though he writes
science fiction and
fantasy, his books are usually located in
General Fiction--look for them there.
Much research from www.chrismoore.com