Carrie R. Moore is an American writer and the author of Make Your Way Home, a debut collection of short stories that was published in 2025 by Tin House.
She was named a 2026 "5 Under 35" Honoree by the National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-17. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
Early life and education Moore was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended University of Southern California, where she majored in Creative Writing and minored in American Studies. Retrieved 2026-06-18. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from The University of Texas at Austin's Michener Center for Writers.
Career Her fiction has appeared in One Story, New England Review, The Sewanee Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
In 2023, she was the inaugural fellow at the Steinbeck Writers’ Retreat in Sag Harbor, New York. Retrieved 16 Sept 2026. She has received scholarships and fellowships from the Community of Writers, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
Moore's debut collection, Make Your Way Home: Stories, was published by Tin House in 2025. It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, describing the book as "An intimate, meticulously crafted, and tenderly rendered tour through the lives of Black women, men, and children seeking solid ground in a mercurial American southland. This stirring collection of 11 short stories is a prism of contemporary African American life... A regional relief map of the human heart." Retrieved 2026-06-17.
Personal life Moore lives in Texas with her husband.
Awards and reception Moore received the 2021 Keene Prize for Literature from The University of Texas at Austin for her story "The Rest of the Morning." Retrieved 2026-07-25.
Make Your Way Home won the 2026 Young Lions Fiction Award and the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Fiction. Retrieved 2026-06-17. Retrieved 2026-06-17. The book was longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award, 2026 PEN Open Book Award, and 2026 The Story Prize. Retrieved 2026-06-17. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
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Short story collection
Anthology (featured)
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