Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty is an Australian author. Born in Sydney in 1966, she began her career working in advertising and marketing before publishing her first novel, Three Wishes, in 2003. She has since written a total of ten novels, which have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Three of her novels—Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Apples Never Fall—have been adapted into television series.

Moriarty is often 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 a mysterious death. Her writing frequently explores themes of domestic abuse, grief, and infertility. Three of her novels have reached the top position on the The New York Times Best Seller list.