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Edward Kelsey Moore

Born: in Indiana
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Moore currently resides in Chicago.

Biography: Moore is a professional musician and author. For more than two decades he has been a professional musician, performing with the Chicago Philharmonic, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra. He is also principal cellist of the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Moore has also been a popular professor of music, training and nurturing a new generation of cello players.Moore's short fiction has been published in many literary magazines, including ''Indiana Review'', ''African American Review'', and ''Inkwell''. His short story ''Grandma and the Elusive Fifth Crucifix'' was selected as an audience favorite from the Stories on Stage radio series produced by WBEZ in Chicago. ''The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat'' is Moore's first book.


Awards:
  • ''The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat'', 2014 ILLINOIS READS Book

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

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Website: http://edwardkelseymoore.com
Edward Kelsey Moore on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=edward++kelsey+moore


Selected Titles

  SUPREMES AT EARL'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT.
ISBN: 1444757326 OCLC: 993778648

HODDER PAPERBACK, [S.l.] : 2014.

  The Supremes at Earl's all-you-can-eat :
ISBN: 0307959929 OCLC: 798058784

Alfred A. Knopf, New York : 2013.

Follows three high school friends--dubbed "The Supremes"--As they weather life's highs and lows, but always gather each Sunday at the same table at Earl's diner in Plainview, Ind., to talk it all out.

 

 

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