Maurene Goo

Maurene Goo is an American author of young adult fiction and comics. Her books have been translated into twelve languages and two of her novels, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Somewhere Only We Know, have been optioned to be made into feature films by Netflix. Life and education Maurene Goo was born in Los Angeles and raised in Glendale, California. She studied communication and English literature at UC San Diego. She has a master's in publishing, writing, and literature from Emerson College. Prior to publishing her debut novel, Since You Asked, she worked in publishing and design. In 2012, she married illustrator Christopher Appelhans. Their son was born in 2020. Career Goo published her first young adult novel, Since You Asked, in 2013 with Scholastic. Her sophomore novel, I Believe in A Thing Called Love, was released in 2017, followed by The Way You Make Me Feel (2018), and Somewhere Only We Know (2019). In 2021, Goo completed a five-issue run for Marvel Comics, writing Korean-American superhero Silk, illustrated by Canadian comic book artist Takeshi Miyazawa who has previously illustrated other comics set in the Spider-Verse. She has published essays and short stories in various anthologies, as well. Her newest young adult novel, Throwback, will be published by Zando on April 11, 2023.