JCPL: How did you get started writing? Was your short essay the first thing you wrote?ĮKM: Most of my early writing consisted of short stories that I wrote for literary contests. It was only with maturity and the patience that came with it that I could get myself to sit down and complete the things I started. I have hundreds of unfinished stories and essays written over the course of almost three decades. What changed in later life was that I was able to finish the projects that I began. JCPL: Have you always been a writer or did you discover an interest for it later in life?ĮKM: I have written stories and essays since I was a child. Writing novels has always felt like the inevitable result of the various parts of my nature coming together. Also, I come from a family that is filled with talented storytellers. Johnson County Public Library: Where did you first get the idea to write a book?Įdward Kelsey Moore: I have loved reading and been fascinated by words since I was very young.
Read our interview with the author before his visit at the White River Branch on April 21. This program is supported by a Novel Conversations grant from Indiana Humanities. Edward grew up in Indiana and received a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University. His award-winning essays and short fiction have appeared in The New York Times and a number of literary magazines, including Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, African-American Review and Inkwell. Edward Kelsey Moore is the New York Times best-selling author of "The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues" and "The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat.” He is a professional cellist who has performed with acclaimed midwestern orchestras including Chicago Sinfonietta, the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra and the Chicago Philharmonic.
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