Martha Moore

Background

Mrs. Moore was born in Canyon, Texas, United States, on August 17, 1950. She is a daughter of Kenneth Brandt (an attorney) and Peggy (a teacher; maiden name, Jackson) Goodman.

Education

Martha Moore graduated from West Texas State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science in 1971. In 1991 she earned Master of Arts from University of Dallas.

Career

During the period of 1971-1973 Mrs. Moore served as an English teacher in Amarillo, TX. Between 1973 and 1978 she acted as a high school teacher of English, speech, and drama, Kennedale, TX. Starting from 1978 Mrs. Moore has been appointed teacher of English and creative writing at James Bowie High School, Arlington, TX.

Achievements

• Martha Moore is a prominent author of a number of books.

Works

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  • Under the Mermaid Angel

    (Thirteen-year-old Jesse leads a pretty boring  life in ju...)

    1995
  • ANGELS ON THE ROOF

    (Fourteen-year-old Shelby cannot understand why her mother...)

  • Matchit

Views

Quotations: "My writing has been influenced by the voices of thousands of teenagers who have passed through my life. It has been influenced by my love of literature, the archetypes and patterns found in the classics, from Homer to Dostoyevsky and Melville, as well as the modern southern writers such as Eudora Welty, Anne Tyler, Truman Capote, William Faulkner, and Flannery O’Connor. I have also been influenced by my family. Raising two sons sixteen years apart has kept the voice of the young child alive in me. On the other hand, having suffered the sudden deaths of both my parents and a sister and brother has awakened in me the lingering voices of grief."

"I juggle writing along with a full-time career as a public schoolteacher, writing early in the mornings before school and before anyone in the house has awakened. I work on small parts at a time, untangling troublesome sentences, revising and rewriting constantly. I worry over each word, working laboriously to achieve a harmonious whole. My aim as a writer is the ageless human heart and soul. I try to use characters of all ages, because I want to keep alive the notion of community, and not just individual pursuit."

Membership

• National Council of Teachers of English , United States

• National Education Association , United States

• Texas State Teachers Association , United States

• Society of Children’s Book Writers , United States

Connections

Martha Moore married Tom Gardner on June 27, 1969, but the couple divorced in 1977. She then married Howard Lewis Moore (an attorney) on July 11, 1981. Mrs. Moore has two children: (first marriage) Peter Brandt; (second marriage) Michael Adam.

Father:

Kenneth Brandt Goodman

Mother:

Peggy (Jackson) Goodman

husband:

Tom Gardner

husband:

Howard Lewis Moore

Son:

Peter Brandt Gardner

Son:

Michael Adam Moore