Carley Moore is a queer, disabled writer who has published two novels, Panpocalypse (Feminist Press, 2022) and The Not Wives (Feminist Press, 2019); an essay collection, 16 Pills (Tinderbox Editions, 2018); a poetry chapbook, Portal Poem (Dancing Girl Press, 2016; and a young adult novel, The Stalker Chronicles (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011). Heart Less is her debut poetry book. Her work has appeared in Aster(ix), The American Poetry Review, Book Forum, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Carley received a Best of the Net Award in Non-Fiction for her essay "My Big Gay Essay" and an Indie Foreword Award for her novel The Not Wives. The Not Wives was also a finalist for a LAMMY in Bisexual Fiction and a Firecracker Literary Award. Her novel Panpocalypse was a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library's Literary Prize and the ALA Stonewall Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Edition Assemblage published the German translation of Panpokalypse in March 2024. Carley is a Clinical Professor of Writing and Creative Production at New York University and an Associate at The Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College where she works with teachers across disciplines and grade levels to use more writing in the classroom. She lives with her daughter and two cats in Brooklyn. You can find her on Instagram @fragmentedsky or blogging on Substack.
