Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty (born November 1966) is an Australian author. She began her career in advertising and marketing before publishing her first novel, Three Wishes, in 2003. She has since written ten novels, which have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Four of Moriarty's novels—Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Last Anniversary, and Apples Never Fall—have been adapted into television series, and she was the first Australian author to debut in the top position on The New York Times Best Seller list. Moriarty has been described as an author of women's fiction. Her novels typically feature middle-class suburban women as characters, and are often centred on a crime or mysterious death. Her writing frequently explores themes of domestic abuse, grief, and infertility.