Tucker Reed
Author, blogger, actress
Aisling Tucker Moore-Reed (born October 15, 1989), known by her pen name Tucker Reed, is a former amateur novelist and actress who was convicted of manslaughter in May 2020. Reed co-authored the young adult novel Amber House published in October 2012 and its sequel Neverwas, released internationally in January 2014.
Reed's allegations of being raped resulted in her liability for defamation. In May 2020, she was convicted of manslaughter for killing her uncle after shooting him in July 2016. She was sentenced to six years and three months in prison.
Early life
Aisling Tucker Moore-Reed was born in Los Gatos, California, Santa Clara County. She is the daughter of The New York Times best-selling author Kelly Moore and English teacher Daniel Reed. Through her maternal grandfather, United States Navy Commander Lundi Addison Moore, she claims descent from Plymouth Colony settler and Mayflower Compact signer Stephen Hopkins.
She attended Ashland High School in Oregon. As a teenager, Reed gigged with an alternative rock band as a singer-songwriter, and performed lead roles in, as well as designed sets and costumes for, school and community theater productions.
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