The book has received critical acclaim, with Dr Clare Wright writing, 'Moss is a serious thinker.' 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'. Moss's books are published in 18 countries in 13 languages and include the internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed series of six crime novels featuring a feminist heroine, Makedde 'Mak' Vanderwall: Fetish, Split, Covet, Hit, Siren and Assassin. Moss has private investigator credentials (Cert III) from the Australian Security Academy and as of 2019 is undertaking a Doctorate of Social Sciences in the Department of Gender and Cultural studies at the University of Sydney. Since 2000 she has been an ambassador for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. Moss is a UNICEF Ambassador for Child Survival, and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007. Moss gave birth to a daughter, Sapphira, on 22 February 2011. Īfter marriages to the Canadian Martin Legge and to the Australian actor Mark Pennell, she married Australian poet and philosopher Dr. At age 21, as detailed in her 2014 memoir The Fictional Woman, she was raped in Vancouver by a known assailant, a Canadian actor. Moss began modelling at age 14, but did not stay long in the profession.

Moss's mother Janni died of multiple myeloma in 1990 at age 43. Moss was born in Victoria, British Columbia, where she also attended school.

Tara Rae Moss (born 2 October 1973) is a Canadian-Australian author, documentary maker and presenter, journalist, former model and UNICEF national ambassador for child survival.

The Fictional Woman by Tara Moss