Australian · b. 1966
Liane Moriarty writes domestic suspense with wit. Born in Sydney in 1966, one of six children, she worked in advertising before publishing her first novel in 2004. Big Little Lies (2014) and The Husband's Secret (2013) made her internationally famous—compulsively readable novels about suburban women with dangerous secrets. Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall followed, both adapted for television. Moriarty's gift is voice: she writes sharp, funny narrators whose lives unravel in ways that feel both extreme and plausible. She makes you read fast while noticing everything.