Christopher G. Moore: Biography and Bibliography


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Christopher G. Moore

In 1988, Canadian Christopher G. Moore moved to Thailand. Four years later, he published the first novel in the first English language crime series ever to be set in South East Asia, the Vincent Calvino series, set in Bangkok, Thailand. <More about the books in this series>

Moore relishes the challenge of bringing Bangkok to life on the page: "A novel must deliver a sense of realism about a place, precise details about people and culture and in a larger context that allows the reader to feel part of the story. The details must be absolutely correct because there will be readers who know these places and will track you down like a dog if you get them wrong (and rightfully so because you have cheated the reader – no writer should ever do that to a reader; he or she will never forgive you). Part of the enjoyment (and the challenge) is to naturally bring the details of a place into the narrative so a reader feels he or she are actually standing in that spot, smelling those smells, and participating in something that while larger than life is indeed real."

The author of 22 novels, one non-fiction book, one collection of interlocked short stories, and one book on Thai language, Moore has a large following in Asia and Europe and is becoming increasingly popular in North America.

Oxford-educated, Moore was a law professor at the University of British Columbia for 10 years. His first book His Lordship's Arsenal was published in New York to a critical acclaim in 1985. After that, he decided to become a full-time writer.