Marshall Moore (born in June 1970), in Havelock, North Carolina, is an American author and academic living in Hong Kong.
He attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) and went on to obtain a BA in psychology from East Carolina University, an MA in applied linguistics from the University of New England, and a PhD in creative writing from Aberystwyth University in Wales.
He has also studied at Gallaudet University.
He has lived in Washington DC, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, and Seoul.
Fluent in American Sign Language, he worked for many years as an interpreter before moving abroad.