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Edward Kelsey Moore, Author and Musician
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Bestselling author Edward Kelsey Moore was born in the U.S. Midwest. He enjoys living there and writing about it.
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The Musician
Mr. Moore received a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University at Bloomington, and a Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His teachers included renowned cellists János Starker and Bernard Greenhouse (a founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio). For more than three decades Edward Kelsey Moore was a professional musician, performing with acclaimed midwestern orchestras including: Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Philharmonic and the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra. He has played on many classical music recordings, and has toured nationally and internationally.
For many years Mr. Moore was also a popular professor of music, training and nurturing a new generation of cello players.
For many years Mr. Moore was also a popular professor of music, training and nurturing a new generation of cello players.
The Author
After decades as a working musician, and as he approached his fortieth birthday, Edward Kelsey Moore began focusing his artistic abilities on writing. Over the years that followed Mr. Moore's short fiction received publication in many literary magazines including Indiana Review, African American Review and Inkwell. In 2002 his short story, Grandma and the Elusive Fifth Crucifix, was one of the winners in a contest for the local Stories on Stage radio show. The story was dramatized and broadcast on Chicago Public Radio. During these years Edward Kelsey Moore also wrote short essays, including Piaf and Roadkill, which received an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award. Mr. Moore has written essays on music, and about his life, which were commissioned by Minnesota Public Radio. Starting in 2017, and continuing in 2018, Edward Kelsey Moore was honored to be included in the Novel Conversations Speakers Program, part of Indiana Humanities.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat was Edward Kelsey Moore's debut novel, published when he was fifty-two years old. It won a First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and landed on the New York Times Best Seller List. The book has been published in nine languages and also became a best seller in its French translation. The novel continues to be a popular choice for book clubs across the U.S. and has launched lively conversations among discussion groups of every ethnicity.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat has also been adapted for film and is currently in development at Searchlight Pictures.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat was Edward Kelsey Moore's debut novel, published when he was fifty-two years old. It won a First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and landed on the New York Times Best Seller List. The book has been published in nine languages and also became a best seller in its French translation. The novel continues to be a popular choice for book clubs across the U.S. and has launched lively conversations among discussion groups of every ethnicity.
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat has also been adapted for film and is currently in development at Searchlight Pictures.
Mr. Moore’s most recent novel is The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, a sequel to his first book, which explores the themes of friendship, family and forgiveness. The novel received *starred reviews from both Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly, along with other positive reviews, which caught the attention of international markets. A British edition followed for readers in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Translations of the book were published in French, Portuguese and German.
Edward Kelsey Moore is busy performing music, enjoying conversations with audiences at his speaking events, working on short stories and writing a new novel.
Visit at: www.EdwardKelseyMoore.com
Edward Kelsey Moore by Laura Hamm