Christopher Moore

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-04

Christopher Moore was born on January 1, 1957, in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. He was an only child who read a great deal, began writing around the age of 12 and decided by 16 that writing was his talent. He attended Ohio State University and the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. He is an American novelist of humorous fantasy, horror, absurdist and comic fiction, as well as mystery and adventure, and his books often put conflicted everyman characters into supernatural situations. His first novel, Practical Demonkeeping (1992), was optioned by Disney before it had a publisher. Other books include Bloodsucking Fiends (1995), Lamb (2002), A Dirty Job (2006), Fool (2009) and Sacre Bleu (2012). Most of his novels share a fictional universe in which characters turn up as minor figures. He has lived in San Francisco since at least 2006, after several years on the island of Kauai.

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Books

• Practical Demonkeeping (1992) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Coyote Blue (1994) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Bloodsucking Fiends (1995) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• The Stupidest Angel (2004) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• A Dirty Job (2006) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• You Suck (2007) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Bite Me (2010) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon
• Secondhand Souls (2015) · Christopher Moore's Shared World Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 11 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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