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Liane Moriarty Biography & Facts

Liane Moriarty (born 15 November 1966) is an Australian author. She has written nine novels, including the New York Times best sellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, which were adapted into television series for HBO and Hulu, respectively. Early life and education 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 since published eight further novels. Adaptations Her novel Big Little Lies was 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. In September 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to an earlier Moriarty novel, The Husband's Secret. In May 2017, it was announced that the film will star Blake Lively. In February 2022, it was announced that Kat Coiro would be directing the film for Sony Pictures.Her novel Nine Perfect Strangers, published November 6, 2018, was adapted into a television series by Hulu, starring and produced by Nicole Kidman.An adaptation of her novel The Last Anniversary entered production in Sydney in 2023, produced by and starring Nicole Kidman.Apples Never Fall is a 2024 mystery drama miniseries based on Moriarty's novel of the same name. Personal life Moriarty lives in Sydney with her husband, Adam, a former farmer from Tasmania. They have two children, George and Anna. She is the older sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty. Bibliography Novels Three Wishes (ISBN 0732911966, 2004) The Last Anniversary (ISBN 1405036842, 2005) What Alice Forgot (ISBN 9781405038577, 2009) 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) Apples Never Fall (ISBN 9781250220257, September 2021)Children's books The Space Brigade series (also known as Nicola Berry: Earthling Ambassador): The Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella (ISBN 9780330423007, 2007) The Shocking Trouble on the Planet of Shobble (ISBN 9780330424707, 2009) The Wicked War on the Planet of Whimsy (ISBN 9780330425391, 2010)References External links Liane Moriarty's website Liane Moriarty's blog Liane Moriarty at IMDb . Discover the Liane Moriarty popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Liane Moriarty books.

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  • Skipping a Beat synopsis, comments

    Skipping a Beat

    Sarah Pekkanen

    From the author of the acclaimed The Opposite of Me, a poignant, witty novel about marriage, forgiveness, and the choices that give shapeand limitsto our lives.What would you do if...

  • The Chaperone synopsis, comments

    The Chaperone

    Laura Moriarty

    Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Timesbestselling novel about the woman who...

  • Greenwich Park synopsis, comments

    Greenwich Park

    Katherine Faulkner

    This “gloriously tangled game of cat and mouse” (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) explores the anxieties of impending motherhood, unreliable friendship, and the hig...

  • The Girls in the Garden synopsis, comments

    The Girls in the Garden

    Lisa Jewell

    “A pageturner for readers who like beach reads on the dark side” (People), this unputdownable domestic thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone a...

  • The Making of Us synopsis, comments

    The Making of Us

    Lisa Jewell

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes a “compelling and heartbreaking” (Jojo Moyes) novel about three strangers who are brought together by the fath...

  • The Family Upstairs synopsis, comments

    The Family Upstairs

    Lisa Jewell

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA COVER TO COVER BOOK CLUB PICK“Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domesti...

  • The Third Wife synopsis, comments

    The Third Wife

    Lisa Jewell

    “The Third Wife is a summer gem. The story is complex…the many characters well drawn... Readers of Donna Tartt and Tana French will recognize Jewell’s pacing for what it is: essent...

  • What Alice Forgot synopsis, comments

    What Alice Forgot

    Liane Moriarty

    FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES AND APPLES NEVER FALL A “cheerfully engaging”(Kirkus Reviews) novel for anyone who’s ever asked herself, “How ...

  • The Forbidden Heart synopsis, comments

    The Forbidden Heart

    V.C. Andrews

    The Forbidden series continues in this thrilling enovella, as Emmie must reinvent herself in Paris after her older sister, a highpriced escort, suddenly disappears.Emmie risked eve...

  • Good Girl, Bad Girl synopsis, comments

    Good Girl, Bad Girl

    Michael Robotham

    From the internationally bestselling author who Stephen King calls “an absolute master,” a “gripping and eerie” (Karin Slaughter) thriller about a dangerous young woman with the ab...

  • Everything You Want Me to Be synopsis, comments

    Everything You Want Me to Be

    Mindy Mejia

    Full of twists and turns, Everything You Want Me to Be reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town’s darkest secrets come to...

  • No One Knows synopsis, comments

    No One Knows

    J.T. Ellison

    In this riveting and complex thriller from the author of Lie to Me, a woman must figure out if she’s losing her mind, or if her husband has really returned from the dead…The day Au...

  • The Party synopsis, comments

    The Party

    Robyn Harding

    Robyn Harding’s domestic drama, hailed as “tense and riveting” by Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, explores the aftermath of a sweet sixte...

  • The Ever After synopsis, comments

    The Ever After

    Sarah Pekkanen

    “Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn’t hold back…Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story’s depth.” Booklist“In her signature conversational sty...

  • One Italian Summer synopsis, comments

    One Italian Summer

    Rebecca Serle

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this “magical trip worth taking” (Associated Press), the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years returns with a powerful novel about ...

  • Everything I Never Told You synopsis, comments

    Everything I Never Told You

    Celeste Ng

    The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts“A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” O, the Oprah Magazine“Explosive . ...

  • Then She Was Gone synopsis, comments

    Then She Was Gone

    Lisa Jewell

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Invisible Girl and The Truth About Melody Browne comes a “riveting” (PopSugar) and “acutely observed famil...

  • If There Be Thorns synopsis, comments

    If There Be Thorns

    V.C. Andrews

    Now a major Lifetime movie eventBook Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Atticthe novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earn...

  • Accidents of Marriage synopsis, comments

    Accidents of Marriage

    Randy Susan Meyers

    “A complex and captivating tale” (The Boston Globe) which takes an engrossing look at the darker side of a marriageand at how an ordinary family responds to an extraordinary crisis...

  • The Night She Disappeared synopsis, comments

    The Night She Disappeared

    Lisa Jewell

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes “her best thriller yet” (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a young couple’s disappeara...

  • Her Pretty Face synopsis, comments

    Her Pretty Face

    Robyn Harding

    The author of the bestselling pageturner The Party returns with another compulsively readable work of domestic suspense, heralded by New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkin...

  • Fallen Hearts synopsis, comments

    Fallen Hearts

    V.C. Andrews

    Now a major Lifetime movie eventthe classic story of the Casteel family saga continues with this third installment. Proud and beautiful, Heaven came back to the hillsto rise at las...

  • The Family Remains synopsis, comments

    The Family Remains

    Lisa Jewell

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Other authors are at a ten out of ten, for me, and Lisa is a solid hundred.” Gillian McAllister, The Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of W...

  • Invisible Girl synopsis, comments

    Invisible Girl

    Lisa Jewell

    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I absolutely loved Invisible GirlLisa Jewell has a way of combining furiously twisty, utterly gripping plots with wonderfully rich characteriza...

  • The Arrangement synopsis, comments

    The Arrangement

    Robyn Harding

    A Pretty Woman tale turns toxic and deadly in this provocative thriller of sex, obsession, and murder from Robyn Harding, the “master of domestic suspense” (Kathleen Barber) and th...

  • Web of Dreams synopsis, comments

    Web of Dreams

    V.C. Andrews

    With nowhere to go, no one to help her, will Leigh flee into the arms of the one person she shouldn’t run to? Don’t miss this fifth and final installment in the Casteel family saga...

  • Seeds of Yesterday synopsis, comments

    Seeds of Yesterday

    V.C. Andrews

    Now a major Lifetime movie eventBook Four of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Atticthe novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earne...

  • Luckiest Girl Alive synopsis, comments

    Luckiest Girl Alive

    Jessica Knoll

    NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING MILA KUNIS Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at this “perfect pageturner” (People)that Reese Witherspoon describes as “one of thos...

  • Little Broken Things synopsis, comments

    Little Broken Things

    Nicole Baart

    “If you liked Big Little Lies, you’ll want to crack open [Little Broken Things].” Southern LivingAn unforgettable and moving novel about an affluent suburban family whose carefully...

  • Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - A 30-minute Summary synopsis, comments

    Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - A 30-minute Summary

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    Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty A 30minute Instaread Summary Inside this Instaread Summary: Overview of the entire book, Introduction to the important people in the book, Summar...

  • Truly Madly Guilty synopsis, comments

    Truly Madly Guilty

    Liane Moriarty

    “Here’s the best news you’ve heard all year: Not a single page disappoints....The only difficulty withTruly Madly Guilty? Putting it down." Miami Herald“Captivating, suspenseful…ta...

  • Lucky synopsis, comments

    Lucky

    Marissa Stapley

    REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICKA thrilling rollercoaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts.What if you had the winning ticket th...

  • In Five Years synopsis, comments

    In Five Years

    Rebecca Serle

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare readinonesitting novel you won’t ...

  • The Lying Game synopsis, comments

    The Lying Game

    Ruth Ware

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! “So many questions...Until the very last page! Needless to say, I could not put this book down!” Reese Withersp...

  • Capturing Angels synopsis, comments

    Capturing Angels

    V.C. Andrews

    V.C. Andrews, queen of Gothic fiction for twentyfive years, explores a new genre in her women’s fiction debutavailable exclusively as an eBook. A young mother struggles to keep her...

  • I Found You synopsis, comments

    I Found You

    Lisa Jewell

    “Readers of Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and Ruth Ware will love.” Library Journal (starred review)“Jewell’s novel explores the space between going missing and being lost….how th...

  • Signal Fires synopsis, comments

    Signal Fires

    Dani Shapiro

    NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the beloved author of Inheritance: "a haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets” (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings) Two fami...

  • Big Little Lies synopsis, comments

    Big Little Lies

    Liane Moriarty

    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARDWINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOË KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEPAVAILABLE FOR STREA...

  • Watching You synopsis, comments

    Watching You

    Lisa Jewell

    “Quickly and assuredly, Jewell builds an ecosystem of countervailing suspicions…Tricky, clever, unexpected.” New York Times Book Review“Brace yourself as Jewell stacks up the secre...

  • The House We Grew Up In synopsis, comments

    The House We Grew Up In

    Lisa Jewell

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone…OUR HOUSE. OUR FAMILY. OUR SECRETS.Meet the pictureperfect Bird family: pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and towheaded tw...

  • The Favorite Sister synopsis, comments

    The Favorite Sister

    Jessica Knoll

    From the author of Luckiest Girl Alivenow a Netflix filmcomes the “engrossing” (People) New York Times bestseller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series…and ...

  • Dark Angel synopsis, comments

    Dark Angel

    V.C. Andrews

    A young woman struggles with her past and a future thrust upon her with threats coming from the past and now the present. Does she have the strength to withstand and grow? From #1 ...