WRITER

Liane Moriarty

1966 - Today

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Liane Moriarty (born 15 November 1966) is an Australian author. She has written ten novels, including the New York Times best sellers Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Apples Never Fall which were adapted into television series for HBO, Hulu, and Peacock respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liane Moriarty has received more than 1,827,687 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Liane Moriarty is the 6,715th most popular writer (down from 6,106th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Australia (down from 418th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 38.85

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

What Alice Forgot
Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, Australia, fiction
"When Alice gets up after a knock on the head she has a bit of a surprise. As far as she's aware she's twenty-nine, recently married, pregnant with their first and blissfully happy. But she couldn't be more wrong. After landing on her head in gym class she's somehow forgotten all of the last ten years. Suddenly she has three children she can't remember giving birth to. Her besotted husband Nick now seems to hate her. And an unbearable distance has grown between Alice and her sister Elisabeth. How could so much go so wrong in a decade? Why does she not recognise, let alone like, the person she has become? And can she ever again be the woman she used to be?"--Publisher description.
2011
Big Little Lies
Suburbs, Murder, Families
Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are screaming. The principal is mortified. And one parent is dead. Was it a murder, a tragic accident or just good parents gone bad? As the parents at Pirriwee Public are about to discover, sometimes it’s the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal… Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, school-yard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. - author's website.
2014
Truly Madly Guilty
Couples, Friendship, Fiction
Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other. Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger than life personalities there will be a welcome respite. Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty takes on the foundations of our lives: marriage, sex, parenthood, and friendship. She shows how guilt can expose the fault lines in the most seemingly strong relationships, how what we don’t say can be more powerful than what we do, and how sometimes it is the most innocent of moments that can do the greatest harm.v
2016
The Last Anniversary
Australia, fiction, Fiction, family life, Large type books
2005
Nine perfect strangers
Strangers, Interpersonal relations, Health resorts
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? These nine perfect strangers are about to find out.
2018
Three wishes
Sisters, Fiction, Sisters, fiction
They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Sensible Lyn is struggling to balance being a mother, wife and businesswoman without losing her mind. Cat, whose perfect marriage is the envy of all her friends, never suspects that her husband has been hiding a secret that will tear her life apart. And directionless Gemma, who changes jobs and boyfriends every few months, has just met a new man who could be the one to unlock her hidden past. Through everything, the bonds of the sisters are strong enough to withstand whatever life throws at them. That is until the night of their thirty-fourth birthday dinner, when home truths are revealed and things are said that can't be taken back ...
2003

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Liane Moriarty ranks 6,715 out of 7,302. Before her are Alice Stone Blackwell, Michal Viewegh, John Seigenthaler, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Juli Zeh, and Sarah J. Maas. After her are Gregory Colbert, Kage Baker, Thomas MacDonagh, Nayantara Sahgal, Sibylle Berg, and Pınar Selek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Liane Moriarty ranks 559. Before her are Kirsten Gillibrand, Kyros Vassaras, Peter Outerbridge, Jason Gould, Kevin Johnson, and Petr Svoboda. After her are Miloš Tichý, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Sean Kinney, Richard Wiseman, José González, and Angela Cavagna.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Liane Moriarty ranks 478 out of 1,143. Before her are Lorraine Crapp (1938), Edith Cowan (1861), Shane Warne (1969), Les Murray (1938), Suzanne Cory (1942), and June Maston (1928). After her are Tim Forsyth (1973), Jenny Lamy (1949), Michael Hester (1972), Megan Gale (1975), Samantha Stosur (1984), and Luke Roberts (1977).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Liane Moriarty ranks 29. Before her are Robert Hughes (1938), Kate Morton (1976), David Malouf (1934), DBC Pierre (1961), Mary Augusta Ward (1851), and Les Murray (1938). After her are Miles Franklin (1879), Donna Williams (1963), Richard Flanagan (1961), Geraldine Brooks (1955), Louisa Lawson (1848), and Garth Nix (1963).

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