Episode description

Our next guest is Liane Moriarty, the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, Truly Madly Guilty and her newest, sure to be a best-seller on shelves this month - Here One Moment. Liane comes to us live from Australia and begins with how she got her start writing, the differences in publishing and reading between Australia and the US, the word "bubbler", and favorite places from the land down under. The three dig into Liane’s latest novel Here One Moment and discuss death, fate, fortune tellers, and her writing process and character development for this high-concept novel. They also discuss the pressure writers have to make each new book better, Hollywood adaptations, and Liane’s speed round of favorite books and writers.

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Liane Moriarty's Reading List:

• Big Little Lies
• Apples Never Fall
• The Husband’s Secret
• Truly Madly Guilty
• Nine Perfect Strangers
• What Alice Forgot
• The Last Anniversary
• The Hypnotist’s Love Story
• Three Wishes

What else are we reading in this episode:

• Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
• The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
• Barracuda by Cristos Tsiolkas
• The Accidental Tourist by Ann Tyler

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