Allison Moorer

Allison Moorer is a singer/songwriter, producer, and author who has released ten critically acclaimed albums. Her first memoir, Blood , was released in October 2019 to high praise and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly , Kirkus , and Booklist . Her second, I Dream He Talks to Me , was published in October 2021 and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and elsewhere. Allison has been nominated for an Academy Award (in 1999 for Best Original Song) and also GRAMMY, Americana...See more

Allison Moorer is a singer/songwriter, producer, and author who has released ten critically acclaimed albums. Her first memoir, Blood , was released in October 2019 to high praise and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly , Kirkus , and Booklist . Her second, I Dream He Talks to Me , was published in October 2021 and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and elsewhere. Allison has been nominated for an Academy Award (in 1999 for Best Original Song) and also GRAMMY, Americana Music Association, and Academy of Country Music Awards. Allison holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School; her work has been published in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , American Songwriter , Guernica , No Depression , Literary Hub , and The Bitter Southerner . She received the Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing in 2020 and the Alabama Library Association's Authors Award in 2022. She lives in Nashville. See less