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Martha Moody : ウィキペディア英語版 | Martha Moody
Martha Moody (born August 8, 1955) is an American author. Her first novel, ''Best Friends'', was published by Riverhead Books in 2001 and became a ''Washington Post'' national bestseller.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-383578.html )〕 Her second novel, ''The Office of Desire'', was published in 2007 and was named one of Kirkus Reviews "Best Books of the Year."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theswivet.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/kirkus-best-of-2007.pdf )〕 ''Sometimes Mine'', Moody's third novel, was published in 2009. == Life == Moody was born and raised in Ohio. She graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in English. During her junior year of college, Moody took a trip with her Spanish professor to South America to interview women poets, and after observing the poor health conditions there, decided to pursue a career in healthcare. She received her MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Moody worked as a private practice internist for fifteen years, but quit after ''Best Friends''’ publication. Currently, she volunteers at a clinic for the working poor in Dayton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://marthamoody.net/bio.html )〕 Since 2007, Moody has led a volunteer group every summer to teach English in the Arab-Israeli village of Deir al-Assad, in the northern Galilee region of Israel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://marthamoody.net/summer-camp.html )〕 In March, 2011, in acknowledgement of her philanthropy, Moody was honored as a 2011 YWCA Woman of Influence.
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