Christopher G. Moore is a Canadian author who has lived in Thailand since 1988. He has written over 30 books and hundreds of essays. His novels have won international awards including the Shamus Award and the German Critics Award. For more information about the author, visit his website: www.cgmoore.com.
A short documentary about Moore titled The Big Weird World of Christopher G. Moore can be viewed on YouTube. http://bit.ly/2g4aAnw
The trailer for a short Vincent Calvino original film: Bangkok Karma can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH0hWhdc02U&t=12s
Christopher is the author of 27 novels, 6 non-fiction books, and 3 anthologies. He is best known by his award-winning Vincent Calvino private eye series and Land of Smiles series
The third novel in the series, Zero Hour in Phnom Penh, won the German Critics Award for Crime Fiction (Deutscher Krimi Preis) for best international crime fiction in 2006, the Premier Special Director's Award Black Week (Spain) in 2007. Asia Hand, the second Calvino novel, won the 2011 Shamus Award in the Best Paperback Original category. Reunion, a novella, Finalist Arthur Ellis Award 2013, Best Novella.
His novels have been translated into German, Japanese, Chinese, Norwegian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Italian, Hebrew, Russian and Thai.
The Guardian said, "Moore's Vincent Calvino novels, of which this is the 10th, are crisp, atmospheric entertainments set in a noirish Bangkok." The series is the subject of a book by Chad A. Evans titled: Vincent Calvino's World, A Noir Guide to Southeast Asia.
For a synopsis of the Vincent Calvino series, see The Evolution of Vincent Calvino. http://vincentcalvino.com/TheEvolutionofVincentCalvino.htm
Among his 11 standalone novels are the cult classics Land of Smiles Trilogy, a behind-the-smiles study of his adopted country, Thailand (A Killing Smile, A Bewitching Smile and A Haunting Smile, Heaven Lake Press).
Moore is also the editor and a contributor to Bangkok Noir (2011), Phnom Penh Noir (2012), and The Orwell Brigade (2012).
The Russian language hardback edition of his comic crime novel titled The Wisdom of Beer was released on August 5, 2014, and Spirit House, the first in the Calvino series in January 2015.
His most recent non-fiction book titled Rooms: On Human Domestication and Submission (2019) investigates the phase shift from a species that lived in nature to one living outside of nature and sheltered inside man-made structures. This transition from mobility to immobility happened over a 6,000 years period. It has changed and reshaped our social relations, psychology, and identity as a species in fundamental ways.
Heart Talk explores the Thai social psyche with the use of the word jai (which means heart) in the Thai language. The Vincent Calvino Reader's Guide (2010) contains the Calvino laws from the 11 books in the Calvino series and essays and articles Moore has written about the series.
The Cultural Detective (Heaven Lake Press) was released in 2011. Faking It In Bangkok (Heaven Lake Press), a book of Moore's essays was published in 2012. Fear and Loathing in Bangkok (2014) and The Age of Dis-Consent (2015) continues with contemporary essays about Thai politics, culture and the criminal justice system.
His memoir, Memory Manifesto: A Walking Meditation through Cambodia (2017) is “An extraordinary undertaking, melding memoir, science and portraiture in an entirely unprecedented form of assemblage… In “chasing after the memory of the ghosts of Cambodia”, Christopher Moore has written a memoir for each of us. And he’s done all the heavy lifting on our behalf.” --Paul Dorsey, The Nation
For nearly six years he also shared weekly blogging duties with Barbara Nadel, Jarad Henry, Quentin Bates, Colin Cotterill and Barbara Nadel at International Crime Authors Reality Check. http://www.internationalcrimeauthors.com/
He is married and lives in Bangkok with his wife and six dogs. He is a frequent traveler in the region, with excursions to Burma, China, India, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
He is the Founder of Changing Climate, Changing Lives Film Festival 2020. https://www.climatefilmfestival2020.com
You can find the short version of his life story here: http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/05/express/bio-sketch-the-making-of-a-writer
List of Books
Novels
His Lordship's Arsenal, Freundlich Books (1985) ISBN 0-88191-033-3; Critics Choice (1988); Heaven Lake Press (1999); Subway Books (2003).
Enemies of Memory, White Lotus (1990); reprinted as Tokyo Joe, Heaven Lake Press (2004) ISBN 974-92281-7-0.
A Killing Smile, White Lotus (1991) ISBN 974-8495-48-5, second printing (1992), third and fourth printing BookSiam (1996); fifth and sixth printing Heaven Lake Press (2000); seventh printing (2004).
A Bewitching Smile, White Lotus (1992) ISBN 974-8495-57-4; Heaven Lake Press (2000).
Spirit House, White Lotus (1992), Heaven Lake Press (1999) ISBN 974-8495-58-2, reprinted (2004), Grove Press (2008)
Asia Hand, White Lotus (1993) ISBN 974-8495-70-1, Heaven Lake Press (2000), Black Cat (2010).
A Haunting Smile, White Lotus (1993) ISBN 974-8495-82-5, Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004).
Cut Out, White Lotus (1994) ISBN 974-87116-3-3, Matichon, (1996), Heaven Lake Press (1999). Re-released under the title Zero Hour in Phnom Penh – ISBN 974-93035-9-8.
Saint Anne, Asia Books (1994) reprinted as Red Sky Falling Heaven Lake Press (2005) ISBN 974-92385-7-5.
Comfort Zone, White Lotus (1995), pocketbook edition (1997) ISBN 974-87754-9-6; Heaven Lake Press (2001).
The Big Weird, bookSiam (1996), Heaven Lake Press (2008) ISBN 978-974-8418-42-1.
God of Darkness, Asia Books (1998) ISBN 974-92281-7-0, Heaven Lake Press (1999) reprinted (2004).
Cold Hit, Heaven Lake Press (1999) ISBN 974-92104-1-7; reprinted (2004). The German translation is titled Nana Plaza.
Chairs, Heaven Lake Press (2000) ISBN 974-87691-9-4.
Minor Wife, Heaven Lake Press (2002) ISBN 974-92126-5-7; reprinted (2004).
Pattaya 24/7 (2004) ISBN 974-92066-6-5 Heaven Lake Press.
Waiting for the Lady, Heaven Lake Press (2003) ISBN 974-92186-1-2, Subway Books (2004) Trade paperback edition Heaven Lake Press (2005).
Gambling on Magic, Heaven Lake Press (2005) ISBN 974-92942-5-4.
The Risk of Infidelity Index, Atlantic Monthly Press (2008) ISBN 978-974-88168-7-6. The Polish translation is titled Ulice Bangkoku.
Paying Back Jack, Heaven Lake Press (2009) ISBN 978-974-312-920-9, Grove Press (2009).
The Corruptionist, Heaven Lake Press (2010) ISBN 978-616-90393-3-4.
9 Gold Bullets, Heaven Lake Press (2011) ISBN 978-616-90393-7-2.
The Wisdom of Beer, Heaven Lake Press (2012) ISBN 978-616-7503-11-0.
Missing In Rangoon, Heaven Lake Press (2013) ISBN 978-616-7503-17-2.
The Marriage Tree, Heaven Lake Press (2014) ISBN 978-616-7503-23-3.
Crackdown, Heaven Lake Press (2015) ISBN 978-616-7503-32-5.
Jumpers, Heaven Lake Press (2016) ISBN 978-616-7503-34-9.
Non-fiction
Heart Talk, White Lotus (1992), 2nd Ed. Heaven Lake Press (1998), 3rd Ed. Heaven Lake Press (2005) ISBN 974-92942-5-4.
The Vincent Calvino Reader's Guide, Heaven Lake Press (2010) ISBN 978-616-90393-4-1.
The Cultural Detective, Heaven Lake Press (2011) ISBN 978-616-90393-8-9.
Faking It in Bangkok, Heaven Lake Press (2012) ISBN 978-616-7503-13-4.
Fear and Loathing in Bangkok, Heaven Lake Press (2014) ISBN 978-616-7503-24-0.
The Age of Dis-Consent, Heaven Lake Press (2015) ISBN 978-616-7503-31-8.
Memory Manifesto: A Walking Meditation through Cambodia, Heaven Lake Press (2017) ISBN 978-616-7503-35-6.
Anthology
Bangkok Noir, Heaven Lake Press (2011) ISBN 978-616-7503-04-2. (Editor)
Phnom Penh Noir, Heaven Lake Press (2012) ISBN 978-616-7503-15-8. (Editor)
The Orwell Brigade, Heaven Lake Press (2012) ISBN 978-616-7503-16-5. (Editor)
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