The Fictional Woman

Tara Moss is a bestselling author, award-winning human rights advocate, and holistic practitioner. She has written fifteen books of fiction and non-fiction published in nineteen countries in over a dozen languages, including her #1 bestselling memoir, The Fictional Woman. Her most recent books are the historical crime thrillers featuring 1940s “staunchly feminist, champagne-swilling, fast-driving Nazi hunter” investigator Billie Walker (The War Widow, The Ghosts of Paris and The Italian Secret).

Moss is a long-standing UNICEF ambassador. In 2021 she was chosen as a Global Change Maker by Conscious Being magazine for her chronic pain activism and was a recipient of the Honorary Citizen Award for the City of Victoria for her work on accessibility rights. In 2015 she received an Edna Ryan Award for her significant contribution to feminist debate, speaking out for women and children and inspiring others to challenge the status quo, and in 2017 she was recognized as one of the Global Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life, for using her position in public life to make a positive impact in diversity, alongside Malala Yousafzai, Angelina Jolie, and others.

Her in-depth book research has seen her earn her private investigator credentials, tour the FBI Academy at Quantico, spend time in morgues and criminology conferences, take polygraph tests, shoot weapons, conduct surveillance, pass the Firearms Training Simulator (FATSII) with the LAPD and acquire her CAMS race driver licence. She has hosted many documentaries, including Tough Nuts: Australia’s Hardest Criminals on CI and Amazon Prime, Tara Moss Investigates on Nat Geo, and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, as well as author interview show Tara in Conversation. She has spoken at hundreds of schools and festivals, and interviewed Gloria Steinem, Naomi Klein, and Alison Bechdel, among many others. In addition to her work as an author, she is a life celebrant and holistic practitioner.