August 21, 2024
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Liz Moore, a Temple University professor, appeared on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on Tuesday to discuss her new book, 'The God of the Woods.'
Author Liz Moore recalled attending a summer camp in the Adirondack mountains in New York during an appearance Tuesday on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
"It was probably a very good camp, but I had a terrible experience there," Moore said. "And then I wrote this book about a child who goes missing from a summer camp."
Moore, a Temple University professor who lives in Philadelphia, was on the show to talk about her new book, "The God of the Woods," which is set at a camp in the Adirondacks owned by a wealthy family in the 1970s. The book won the show's Summer Reads contest, in which audience members votes for the book they'd like to read together.
Moore opened up about her writing process, saying she tends to let her stories develop while she's writing, and that no one in her life sees or hears about what she's working on until a draft is complete.
"I never pre-plan my books, unfortunately for me and my family and my friends, because it takes me a long time and I get very frustrated while I'm writing it," Moore said. "I basically write until I hit a stopping point, and then I have to go back when I realize it's not working and then I start over like 50 times, 100 times."
"The God of the Woods," Moore's fifth novel, was published in early July. It has spent six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and also was included on former President Barack Obama's summer reading list. On the show, Moore said is set to be made into a television series.
Her last book, "Long Bright River," was also a bestseller and is being made into a Peacock series starring Amanda Seyfried. The show tells the story of a police officer in Kensington whose sister, who is addicted to drugs, goes missing.
Watch the full interview on "The Tonight Show" below:
