Liane Moriarty


Liane Moriarty is an Australian author. She has written eight novels, including the New York Times best seller Big Little Lies, which was adapted into a television series for HBO.

Career

After leaving school, Moriarty worked in advertising and marketing at a legal publishing company. She then ran her own company for a while before taking work as a freelance advertising copywriter. In 2004, after obtaining a master's degree at Macquarie University in Sydney her first novel Three Wishes, written as part of the degree, was published.
She has published seven further novels.
Her novel Big Little Lies has been adapted into a television series by HBO, and stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Alexander Skarsgård. The series premiered on 19 February 2017, with the first season concluding on 2 April 2017. A second season was announced in December 2017. Season two premiered in June 2019.
A previous novel, The Husband's Secret, is being adapted into a film. In September 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the novel. In May 2017, it was announced that the film will star Blake Lively.
Her novel Nine Perfect Strangers is being adapted into a television series by Hulu, starring and produced by Nicole Kidman.

Personal life

Moriarty lives in Sydney with her husband, Adam, a former farmer from Tasmania who worked in agricultural marketing, and two children, George and Anna. She is the older sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty.

Adult

The Space Brigade series :
  1. The Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella
  2. The Shocking Trouble on the Planet of Shobble
  3. The Wicked War on the Planet of Whimsy