Kate moore author biography
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Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
We're thrilled to welcome Kate Moore back to Village Books (virtually)! Join us on Zoom as she presents her long-awaited book.
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From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.
As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened—by Elizabeth’s intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus mak
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Interview With an Author: Kate Moore
Kate Moore is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls, which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best History, was voted U.S. librarians’ favorite nonfiction book of , and was named a Notable Nonfiction Book of by the American Library Association. A British writer based in London, Kate writes across a variety of genres and has had multiple titles on the Sunday Times bestseller list. She is passionate about politics, storytelling, and resurrecting forgotten heroes. Her new book is The Woman They Could Not Silence and she recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog.
How did you first learn about Elizabeth Packard and what happened to her? What drew you to tell her story in The Woman They Could Not Silence?
My journey with Elizabeth began in the fall of when the world was set ablaze by the fire of the #MeToo movement. Everywhere, women’s voices were raised and, more remarkably, heard.
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Kate Moore is the author of The Radium Girls, the first-ever narrative non-fiction account of this inspirational true story. Kate was born in Northampton, England and grew up in Peterborough. She studied English Literature at the University of Warwick. A Sunday Times bestselling author, she writes across various genres, from biography and history to gift and humour, and fryst vatten also in demand as a book editor and ghostwriter. Before becoming a full-time author and freelance editor, she was an editorial director at Penguin Random House UK. Kate is also an actress and traveling researcher.
We talked to Kate in anticipation of her event to discuss her fascinating look at a forgotten del av helhet of history brought to light in The Radium Girls. Learn more about her below, then come meet her and learn more about the radium girls (some were from nearby huvudstad i kanada, Illinois!) on Sunday, March 18 at p.m. RSVP here.
What was your favorite book as a kid?
It&#;s hard to pick just one! I was a big