Moore, Steven, 1951-....

BIOGHIST REQUIRED David Markson,1927-2010

David Markson was an American novelist working between the 1960s and his death in 2010. A long-time resident of New York City be received his Masters degree from Columbia in 1952. His work became more experimental over time with his most critically acclaimed novels being Wittgenstein’s Mistress (1988) and Reader’s Block (1996) both published by the Dalkey Archive press.

Steven Moore, 1950-

Steven Moore is an editor and literary critic. Much of his career, including his graduate work at University of Denver and at Rutgers focused on William Gaddis, whose letters he is now editing. He worked at the Dalkey Archive Press from 1988-1996 as an acquisitions editor and editor of the Review of Contemporary Fiction. From 1998 until 2010 he was a principle fiction buyer for Borders bookstores.

From the guide to the Steven Moore Papers on David Markson, 1973-2010., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)