'It's the lead-in to more'

 

“In the Cut was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.” – Susanna Moore

 

Born in Pennsylvania on this date in 1945, Moore grew up in Hawaii and then worked as a model and script reader in Los Angeles and New York City before beginning her writing career. Her first novel, My Old Sweetheart (1982) earned her a PEN Hemingway nomination.

 

But it was her fourth novel, In the Cut – the story of a teacher and detective caught up in investigating a series of grisly murders – that put her on the worldwide writing map.   The book gained her critical writing acclaim and was adapted into a successful (and suspense-filled) movie by the same name. 

 

Since then, she's turned out many best-selling books, including 2020’s Miss Aluminum: A Memoir; and 2023’s historical adventure novel The Lost Wife.     Also a well-known lecturer, she’s presented at many of the nation’s top colleges and universities as well as some in Germany and Australia, always advocating for the writing life.

“The point always is to be writing something,” she said.  “It leads to more writing.”