Chris Moriarty

Chris Moriarty's children's fantasy debut, The Inquisitor's Apprentice, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. The New York Times praised its successful blend of magic, Judaism, and New York history, and Bookpage called it "a book for anyone who has ever thought that maybe there is more to this world than what we can see." Chris science fiction novels have won the Philip K. Dick Award and been nominated for numerous other awards.


Articles by Chris Moriarty

Food, Music and Meshugas: Bringing the Lower East Side to Life

One of my main goals in writing The Inquisitor’s Apprentice was to bring the Lower East Side to life for ...

Songs of Hope and Failure

On Monday, Chris Moriarty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice. She will be blogging here all week for ...

Why I Wrote “The Inquisitor’s Apprentice”

When I try to explain why I wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice — and why it’s emphatically not a Jewish Narnia ...