Tara Moss
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Born | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 2 October 1973
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Tara Rae Moss (born 2 October 1973) is a Canadian-Australian author, documentary maker and presenter, journalist and UNICEF national ambassador for child survival.[1][2][3]
Biography
Moss was born in Victoria, British Columbia, where she also attended school. Moss's mother Janni died of multiple myeloma in 1990 at age 43.[4]
Moss began modelling at age 14, but did not stay long in the profession.[5] At age 21, as detailed in her 2014 memoir The Fictional Woman, she was raped in Vancouver by a known assailant, a Canadian actor.[6]
After marriages to the Canadian Martin Legge and to the Australian actor Mark Pennell,[7] she married Australian poet and philosopher Dr. Berndt Sellheim.[7] Moss gave birth to a daughter, Sapphira, on 22 February 2011.[8]
Moss is a
Moss has private investigator credentials (Cert III) from the Australian Security Academy and as of 2019[update] is undertaking a Doctorate of Social Sciences in the Department of Gender and Cultural studies at the University of Sydney.[11][12]
Writing and career
Moss's books are published in 18 countries in 13 languages and include the internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed[13] series of six crime novels featuring a feminist heroine, Makedde "Mak" Vanderwall: Fetish, Split, Covet, Hit, Siren and Assassin.[14] Her first non-fiction book, The Fictional Woman was published in June 2014, became a #1 bestselling non-fiction book, and is listed by The Sydney Morning Herald as a "must-read".[15] The book has received critical acclaim,[16] with Dr Clare Wright writing, 'Moss is a serious thinker.' [17]
Her writing has appeared in
Moss is an advocate for the rights of women and children. She has been an ambassador for the
She is known for her novel research, which has included touring the
Moss hosts and acted as executive producer and writer of Cyberhate with Tara Moss on the
- Cyberhate with Tara Moss – Host, Executive Producer, Writer (2017),[26]
- Tough Nuts – Host (2009–2012)[27]
- Tara in Conversation – Host (2010–2012)[28]
- Tara Moss Investigates – Host (2006)[29]
She voiced the character of Dr. Samantha Twelvetrees in the 1995 video game Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu.
In May 2021, Moss gave an autobiographical interview and had her portrait painted on Anh's Brush with Fame (Series 6 Episode 6) on the ABC.
Books
Novels
Makedde Vanderwall series
- Fetish (1999)
- Split (2002)
- Covet (2004)
- Hit (2006)
- Siren (2009)
- Assassin (2012)
Pandora English series
- The Blood Countess (2010)
- The Spider Goddess (2011)
- The Skeleton Key (2012)
- The Cobra Queen (2020)
Billie Walker series
- The War Widow (shortlisted for the 2020 Danger Prize)[30]
- The Ghosts of Paris (2022)
Non-fiction
- The Fictional Woman (2014)
- Speaking Out: A 21st Century Handbook For Women and Girls (2016)
Short stories
- "Psycho Magnet" (Winner of the Scarlet Stiletto Young Writers' Award in 1998)
- "Know your ABCs" (Second place winner of the Scarlet Stiletto Award in 1999)
- "Intuition" (2003)
Contributed chapter
- "Women destroy the joint", pp. 57–62, in: Destroying the joint, edited by ISBN 9781459687295).
References
- ^ "UNICEF Australia National Ambassadors Tweet to raise awareness of preventable child deaths", UNICEF Australia, 13 September 2013
- ^ HMMG biography
- ISBN 9781157542124
- ^ Tara Moss: Mum-To-Be, Who, 14 December 2010
- ^ "Beauty with a brain Tara Moss continues to push boundaries". Perth Now.
- ^ Tara Moss: I kept the story locked up in me for 20 years
- ^ a b "Tara Moss gathers husband No.3", The Daily Telegraph, 8 December 2009
- ^ Tara Moss welcomes baby girl, ABC News, 24 February 2011
- ^ a b UNICEF Australia national ambassadors
- ^ List of ambassadors, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
- ^ "Tara Moss". Q&A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Under the skin" by Susan Wyndham, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2014
- ^ List of international book reviews Archived 22 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ HarperCollins Publishers Archived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Next chapter: Must-read books for 2014". 3 January 2014.
- ^ "The Fictional Woman | Tara Moss". taramoss.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Tara Moss memoire base for personal investigation of feminist issues". 4 July 2014.
- ^ Tara Moss at TheHoopla
- YouTube
- ^ Randomhouse Publishers, Germany Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tara Moss biography
- ^ A couple of interviews with Demetrius Romeo
- ^ "Manus Island - an insider's report".
- ^ Tough Nuts Archived 16 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tara Moss in Conversation Archived 13 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tara Moss was surprised to discover the physical effects bullying could have". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 March 2017.
- IMDb
- ^ "Tara in Conversation – Val McDermid
- IMDb
- ^ "Danger Prize 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.