Daniel Moore grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts and studied literature at the University of British Columbia, where he completed an MFA in creative writing. His early work appeared in small journals before he published the story collections Salt Sleepers (2017) and Blue Weather (2020). He has taught community workshops in coastal Maine and often volunteers in a historic greenhouse, a place he credits with sharpening his eye for detail. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his partner and a retired grayhound named Fisher.
