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David Barclay Moore

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November 27

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Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's

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Mark Twain, Haruki Murakami, Tove Jansson
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Follow DAVID BARCLAY MOORE online at DavidBarclayMoore.com, on Twitter at @dbarclaymoore and on Instagram at dbarclaymoore.

David is a Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe Award-winning author whose novel, The Stars Beneath Our Feet, is being made into a film by actor/director Michael B. Jordan.

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Writer, filmmaker, photographer, super geek, cherry cobbler gobbler. Knows the Death Star plans backward and forward. Adores Mark Twain, Haruki Murakami and old Prince songs. Loves the ocean. Sincerely wants to fly. David is constantly trying to see the world differently.

He was born and raised in Missouri where he read too many novels and comic books as a child. After studying creative writing at Iowa St ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 7,810 ratings · 1,221 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Stars Beneath Our Feet 3.93 avg rating — 7,200 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holler of the Fireflies 3.52 avg rating — 283 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carrimebac, the Town That Walked by David Barclay Moore (Goodreads Author), John Holyfield (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 195 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal by David Barclay Moore (Goodreads Author), Noa Denmon (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 107 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Flight by David Barclay Moore (Goodreads Author), Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Gay Stories 2017 by Joe Okonkwo (Goodreads Author), David Barclay Moore (Goodreads Author), Martin Pousson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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AWARDED! CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE PRIZE

I recently received my Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe award in New Orleans as part of the 2018 American Library Association Conference. I am overcome with joy by this distinction. And what a beautiful week in the Crescent City!

During the ceremony, it was an honor to share the stage with poet and children's book author Eloise Greenfield who received the CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Read more of this blog post »

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“Since then I had learned the most important thing: the decisions you make can become your life. Your choices are you.”
― David Barclay Moore, The Stars Beneath Our Feet

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“The folks you hang out with can raise you up or bring you down low. Over time, they can make you think a certain way - change who you really are.”
― David Barclay Moore, The Stars Beneath Our Feet

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“If you only expose yourself to whatever everybody else does, you'll never create anything new.”
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