Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty
Born (1966-11-15) 15 November 1966
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Australian
Alma mater Macquarie University
Period 2004–present
Notable works
Spouse Adam
Children 2
Website
lianemoriarty.com.au

Liane Moriarty (born 15 November 1966) is an Australian author. She is the older sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty.[1]

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.[2]

Six further novels have been published.

Moriarty lives in Sydney with her husband, Adam, a former farmer from Tasmania who worked in agricultural marketing, and two children, George and Anna.[3][4]

Her novel Big Little Lies has been adapted into a television series by HBO,[5] and stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Alexander Skarsgård. The series premiered on February 19, 2017, and concluded on April 2, 2017.[6] A second series was announced in December, 2017.[7]

A previous novel, The Husband's Secret, is being adapted into a film. In September 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the novel.[8] In May 2017, it was announced that the film will star Blake Lively.[9]

Bibliography

Adult

  • Three Wishes ( ISBN 0732911966, 2003)
  • The Last Anniversary ( ISBN 1405036842, 2006)
  • What Alice Forgot ( ISBN 9781405038577, 2010)
  • The Hypnotist's Love Story ( ISBN 9781742610603, 2011)
  • The Husband's Secret ( ISBN 9781742612010, 2013)
  • Big Little Lies ( ISBN 9781743530436, 2014)
  • Truly Madly Guilty ( ISBN 9781925479928, 2016)
  • Nine Perfect Strangers ( ISBN 9781250069825, September 2018)

Children's

The Space Brigade series (also known as Nicola Berry: Earthling Ambassador):

  1. The Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella ( ISBN 9780330423007, 2007)
  2. The Shocking Trouble on the Planet of Shobble ( ISBN 9780330424707, 2009)
  3. The Wicked War on the Planet of Whimsy ( ISBN 9780330425391, 2010)

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  3. ↑ Bearup, Greg (12 December 2014). "Big little lives". The Australian. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Hooton, Amanda (15 July 2016). "How Sydney author Liane Moriarty sold six million books and inspired an HBO series". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (2015-05-08). "HBO Orders Reese Witherspoon-Nicole Kidman Limited Series 'Big Little Lies'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise (2016-11-28). "'Big Little Lies' From David E. Kelley Gets Premiere Date On HBO". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  7. ↑ Koblin, John (2017-12-08). "'Big Little Lies' to Return for a Second Season". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. ↑ Ng, Philiana (2013-09-04). "CBS Films to Adapt 'The Husband's Secret' for Big Screen". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  9. ↑ Kroll, Justin (2017-05-25). "Blake Lively to Star in Thriller 'The Husband's Secret' From 'Big Little Lies' Author". Variety. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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