Tara Rae Moss is the Canadian-born internationally bestselling author of 14 books of fiction and non-fiction, a podcast and documentary host, award-winning advocate and holistic practitioner.
Since 1999 she has written 14 bestselling books, published in 19 countries and 13 languages, including the internationally bestselling postwar historical crime novels The War Widow and The Ghosts of Paris, and her #1 non-fiction bestselling memoir The Fictional Woman. Her fifteenth book, The Italian Secret, launches in late 2025.
An experienced documentary host and interviewer with a passion for research and human stories, Moss hosted the true crime documentary series Tough Nuts – Australia’s Hardest Criminals on Crime & Investigation Network and Amazon Prime, Tara Moss Investigates on the National Geographic Channel and the author interview show Tara in Conversation on 13th Street Universal. She was also the host, co-executive producer and co-writer of Cyberhate with Tara Moss on Australia’s ABC, host of the true crime podcast The Man in The Balaclava, and season three of the award-winning podcast There’s No Place Like Home, out now. She has interviewed luminaries such as Gloria Steinem, Naomi Klein, Val McDermid, Michael Connelly and more.
She is an outspoken advocate for human rights and the rights of women, children, and people living with chronic pain. She has been a UNICEF Australia Goodwill Ambassador since 2007 and in 2014 she was recognised for Outstanding Advocacy for her blog Manus Island: An insider’s report, which helped to break information to the public about the alleged murder of Reza Barati inside the Australian-run Manus Island Immigration Detention Centre. In 2018 she was named one of the Global Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life, along with Angelina Jolie, His Holiness The Dalai Lama and more.
Tara Rae is a dual Canadian/Australian citizen and divides her time between Sydney and her hometown of Victoria, BC, the unceded territory of the Lekwungen speaking Peoples, where she is a recipient of both the Order of Lambrick Park, and the Honorary Citizen Award, the highest formal honour awarded by the City of Victoria.
Visit her at TaraRaeMoss.com
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