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Every book Liz Moore recommended on podcasts
Liz Moore appeared on The Book Review to discuss her summer camp mystery novel, The God of the Woods, shedding light on the historical and geographical setting she chose in the Adirondack mountains during the 1970s. During the discussion, Moore compared this multi-POV narrative structure with her previous single-character perspective novel, Long Bright River, while also noting her broader history of writing propulsive suspense stories. To ensure the authenticity and accuracy of her writing regarding how individuals become lost and found, Moore cited the nonfiction research text Lost Person Behavior as a key reference. Additionally, she mentioned Anne LaBastille's Woodswoman trilogy, noting how she used an epigraph from the well-known outdoorswoman and ecologist to ground her narrative in the authentic atmosphere of the region. Through these literary references and discussions of her own bibliography, Moore demonstrated a rigorous approach to research and regional storytelling, emphasizing both psychological realism and structural depth in her work.
Books recommended by Liz Moore
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Lost person behavior
Lost Person Behavior by Robert J.
Recommended“so there is a book called Lost person behavior and I don't remember the name of author or authors but that's one of the books that I read as part of my research into how people actually get lost and how people actually get found”
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Long Bright River
Long Bright River by Liz Moore is a suspenseful literary thriller centered on an opioid epidemic ravaging a Philadelphia neighborhood and the strained relationship between two estranged sisters, one a police officer and the other struggling with addiction.
Discussed“I had published three novels before long bright river that were not categorized as Mysteries although I've always been interested in telling a kind of propulsive story”
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The God of the Woods
Liz Moore's bestselling novel The God of the Woods is a suspenseful mystery set in the Adirondack mountains during the 1970s, revolving around a wealthy dynastic family whose daughter disappears from a summer camp they founded.
Discussed“why don't you tell us a little bit of what the god of the woods is about so the god of the woods tells the story of the venar family who are a very wealthy dynastic fictional family who've built essentially a mansion in the wilderness of the adande mountains of Upstate New York in the 1970s”
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Woodswoman
Discussed“I think there's one of the epigraphs at the start of the book is by the the outdoors woman and ecologist Ann lab bestel who's a very well-known figure in the at andex and she wrote a series of books called the woodswoman trilogy about in and it was about they were non-fiction books about her time living as a”
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Books Liz Moore wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Liz Moore on Her Summer Camp Mystery "The God of the Woods" | The Book Review | 2024-08-16 | 6 |