AJ Moore

AJ Moore (a pseudonym) is a writer and poet, and the author of The Undoing of My Marriage, a prose‑poetry hybrid autofiction novel drawn from her lived experience. Her work explores desire, identity, motherhood, and the complexities of modern relationships. She lives in New Zealand with her daughter, whom she co‑parents 50/50.

Moore began writing poetry during the COVID‑19 pandemic, sharing it anonymously on Instagram as a way to articulate the restless, unspoken emotions she felt unable to voice within her marriage or early motherhood. As she pursued fulfilment through an experiment with ethical non‑monogamy, her writing expanded, eventually tracing the unravelling of the marriage itself.

In her debut, Moore interwove those poems with prose narrated from the perspective of her earlier self, offering an unflinching account of desire, identity, and the slow dissolution of a life that no longer fits.

Her companion novella, Not a Fairytale Ending: The Rewriting of My Story, written soon after completing her debut, follows the writing and rewriting of that book as she navigates a physically intense yet emotionally volatile casual relationship she couldn’t quite let go of. With the same candour, it examines the addictive pull of inconsistent intimacy, the erosion of self within imbalanced connections, and what starting over after divorce really means.

Moore also shares poems and personal essays on her website.