- Perry Moore was named People Magazine's "Sexy Man of the Week" for their November 19, 2007 issue.
- In 2007, Hyperion published Moore's first work of fiction, a young adult novel called "Hero," about a teenage superhero who is struggling both with his emerging powers and his homosexuality.
- In addition to executive producing The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Moore was also chosen by the C.S. Lewis Company to write the tie-in companion "The Chronicles of Narnia -- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Official Illustrated Movie Companion" (2005). Moore was, in fact, the Walden Media executive who proved to be the driving force behind the company's acquisition of the rights to all seven C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia fantasy novels.
- Graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia with a Bachelor's Degree in 1994.
- During his college days, he was an intern at the Virginia Film Festival. He was also later an intern at the White House and MGM in New York City.
- His 2007 novel, "Hero," was awarded the Lambda Literary Award as best novel for young gay and lesbian adults in May 2008.
- In 2013, the New York Daily News reported that the family/heirs of Perry Moore were in a dispute with Moore's longtime romantic partner, Hunter Hill. Because Moore died without a will and he and Hill were unmarried at the time of his death (Moore died before New York State adopted their law allowing same-sex marriage), his estate went to his parents, who are demanding that Hill either move out of the Manhattan co-op apartment that he had shared with Moore or pay them and the estate over $400,000 for what they adjudicate is his share of the apartment's worth.
- Moore and his business partners Hunter Hill and Allison Sarofim had a production company called "66 Productions;" their first movie was Lake City (2008) (2008).
- He was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- He is survived by his parents, William Perry Moore III, and Nancy Norris Moore; his life partner, Hunter Hill of Greenwich Village in New York City; two sisters, Jane Moore and Elizabeth Moore Felton.
- According to the Medical Examiner's report, Moore died of an overdose of methadone, morphine and benzodiazaprine.
- Moore and his lifetime partner Hunter Hill were planning to co-direct a feature film starring actress Julianne Moore in early 2010.
- In 2008, Moore was in talks with the legendary comic book writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee about producing a television series based on his award-winning young adult novel "Hero" (2007). At the time of his death in early 2011, Moore was also working with the cable television channel Starz to adapt the novel into a movie.
- After working on the production team for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" in New York City, Moore became an executive for Walden Media Movie Company, created by conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz to produce family-friendly movies, documentaries, and television programs.
- At the time of his death in February 2011, Perry Moore was writing two works which remain unfinished and unpublished: a sequel to his first young adult novel "Hero" (2007), and a new novel "Way of the Wolf, Book One: Fire", about triplets who inherit super powers and have to stop a villain from taking over the Earth.
- The night before his death, Perry Moore told his father that he had just secured the financing for a fourth Narnia film based on the C.S. Lewis book "The Magician's Nephew".
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