[2][3][4] Moore has published work in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Guernica Magazine, The Atlantic, and other journals.

[3] To protect the children from the horrors of the war, Moore's father and grandmother created a magical narrative for them in which gunshots were "dragons fighting" and dead bodies were "people sleeping on the road".

She flew to Sierra Leone, where she eventually found a female fighter who was able to locate the rest of the family and bring them across the border.

[17] Moore cited Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Isabelle Allende, Ben Okri and Salman Rushdie as inspirations.

Our books also serve the dual purpose of giving children here a glimpse of countries they may never have an opportunity to visit," Moore said in an interview.

Moore's 2018 debut novel, She Would Be King, is set early in Liberia's history and is an example of magical realism, featuring protagonists with superhuman abilities.

"Reading Wayétu Moore's debut novel, She Would Be King (Graywolf Press), feels a lot like watching a superb athlete's performance," Bethanne Patrick wrote in Time Magazine.

[2] Lovia Gyarkye wrote in The New York Times: She Would Be King is an ambitious and expansive novel that explores the nuances of Liberian history...Ms. Moore skillfully reconsiders the idealism of the early African-American settlers through their interactions with the indigenous peoples and braids together intimate story lines centered around universal themes: falling in love, defying familial expectations and the difficulties of doing the right thing.

[14]In a review in The New York Times, Grace Talusan described the book as "immersive" and "exhilarating", writing: "This memoir adds an essential voice to the genre of migrant literature, challenging false popular narratives that migration is optional, permanent and always results in a better life..."[21] Source: [22] Children's Books: