He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and now lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
In 2014, Moore's third novel Savage 1986-2011 won the ReLit Award.
He has contributed to newspapers and magazines such as [Edit], The Georgia Straight, This Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Sad magazine, The National Post, subTerrain, Broken Pencil and Skyscraper.
Although primarily a fiction writer, Moore has authored three collections of poetry, most recently, Goodbye Horses.
His last book of fiction was Jettison published in 2016.
Moore is currently working on a new book-length project about his family's involvement in a faith-healing cult in Toronto in the 1960s.
He is represented by Sam Hiyate at the Rights Factory in Toronto.