Graham Moore

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Biography

Graham Moore is a New York Times bestselling novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. His screenplay for THE IMITATION GAME won the Academy Award and WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2015 and was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.His first two novels, THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT (2016) and THE SHERLOCKIAN (2010), were published in 24 countries and translated into 19 languages. THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the American Library Association. THE SHERLOCKIAN was nominated for an Anthony Award. His third novel, THE HOLDOUT, will be published by Random House on February 18, 2020.Graham lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Caitlin, and their dog, Janet.

  • Real name
  • Graham Moore
  • Name variations
  • Graham E Moore
  • Aliases
  • Makeup Diaries·Swan (6)
  • Black Meat·Branks·Cursory·Exploring Therapeutic Encounter·Graveyard Wanderers·Leather Husk·Offerings (2)·To Live And Shave In L.A.·X Narrative
  • Primary profession
  • Director·producer·writer
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 07 March 1941
  • Place of birth
  • Hengoed
  • Death date
  • 2016-02-09
  • Death age
  • 79
  • Place of death
  • Cobham· Surrey
  • Children
  • Education
  • Columbia University·University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Member of
  • Wales national football team·Charlton Athletic F.C.·Chelsea F.C.·Doncaster Rovers F.C.·Manchester United F.C.·Northampton Town F.C.·Cardiff City F.C.
  • Parents
  • John Moore

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Father of Milos Moore.

LGBT website Queerty had to run a correction after an article called Moore a "queen", and his acceptance speech "the gayest and greatest moment" at the Oscars. Moore told reporters backstage that he is not homosexual, and his speech was not referencing sexual orientation [February 23, 2015].

Quotes

But on a broad conceptual level, everything is true.

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.

Gray fall light came through the nine square glass panes. On days like this, the strips of white wood that separated the glass seemed brighter to the eye than did the window light.

A mystifying sensation of loneliness shook him. Arthur had been alone before, to be sure, but to be alone while surrounded by people, the one sane man in a mad place - that was loneliness.

Sometimes I hate it so much,” she said. “Always having to pretend. ” Paul gripped her fingers tighter. “This is America,” he said. “We’re all pretending.

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