11 Facts About Neal Moore

Neal Moore was born on November 22,1971 and is an American writer and canoeist.

Neal Moore's journey linked 22 rivers and waterways in 22 states over 22 months, from Astoria, Oregon, to New York City, with a circuit of the Statue of Liberty as the grand finale.

Neal Moore was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Highland Hall Waldorf School and was neighbors with the actor and comedian Richard Pryor.

Neal Moore lost his mother and his only sibling, an older brother, while still a teenager.

Neal Moore attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he graduated in 1997 with a degree in English Literature.

Neal Moore has lived most of the last three decades between Cape Town and Taipei, which he has used as springboards for other adventures.

Neal Moore has sporadically returned to his native United States as a journalist and long-haul canoeist.

In 2009, Neal Moore canoed the length of the Mississippi while reporting as a citizen journalist for CNN on the human face of the Great Recession.

For 675 days, from February 9,2020, until December 14,2021, Neal Moore successfully crossed the United States in his canoe from Astoria, Oregon to New York City.

Neal Moore covered the Mainland Chinese dissident beat, interviewing Wu'er Kaixi in 2011 on the cusp of the Jasmine Revolution, along with Chinese cyber-dissidents Cai Lujun and Li JiaBao.

In 2017, Neal Moore expanded his August 2013 Der Spiegel article into Homelands: A Memoir.