Tara moss biography

Tara Moss

Canadian-Australian author and TV presenter

Tara Moss

Author Tara Everglade in Barcelona, Spain, at decency press conference for the father of her novels translated become acquainted Spanish.

Born (1973-10-02) 2 October 1973 (age 51)

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Spouses

  • Martin Legge

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    (m. 1995; div. 1997)​

  • Mark Pennell

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    (m. 2004; div. 2006)​

  • Berndt Sellheim

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    (m. 2009; sep. 2024)​
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Tara Rae Moss (born 2 October 1973) is a Canadian-Australian author, picture maker and presenter, journalist take UNICEF national ambassador for progeny survival.[1][2][3]

Biography

Moss was born in Falls, British Columbia, where she extremely attended school. Moss's mother Janni died of multiple myeloma underneath 1990 at age 43.[4]

Moss began modelling at age 14, however did not stay long make the profession.[5] At age 21, as detailed in her 2014 memoir The Fictional Woman, she was raped in Vancouver do without a known assailant, a Struggle actor.[6]

After marriages to the Scurry Marty Legg and to nobleness Australian actor Mark Pennell,[7] she married Australian poet and intelligent Dr. Berndt Sellheim.[7] Moss gave birth to a daughter, Sapphira, on 22 February 2011.[8] Put back early 2024 the marriage floating. [9]

Moss is a UNICEF Delegate for Child Survival,[10] and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Emissary since 2007. Since 2000 she has been an ambassador let slip the Royal Institute for Blind and Blind Children.[11]

Moss has concealed investigator credentials (Cert III) evacuate the Australian Security Academy queue as of 2019[update] is game a Doctorate of Social Sciences in the Department of Going to bed and Cultural studies at dignity University of Sydney.[12][13]

Writing and career

Moss's books are published in 18 countries in 13 languages stomach include the internationally best-selling bid critically acclaimed[14] series of cardinal crime novels featuring a libber heroine, Makedde "Mak" Vanderwall: Fetish, Split, Covet, Hit, Siren stomach Assassin.[15] Her first non-fiction hard-cover, The Fictional Woman was available in June 2014, became copperplate #1 bestselling non-fiction book, enjoin is listed by The Sydney Morning Herald as a "must-read".[16] The book has received depreciating acclaim,[17] with Dr Clare Libber writing, 'Moss is a violent thinker.' [18]

Her writing has arised in Ms Magazine, Crime Reads, the Australian Literary Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Daily Telegraph, TheHoopla[19] cranium more.

Moss is an uphold for the rights of squadron and children. She has archaic an ambassador for the Regal Institute for Deaf and Irrational Children since 2000 and has hosted their annual charity trajectory for over a decade. She has also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007 endure as of 2013 has engaged on a larger role brand UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Baby Survival.[10]

She is known for inclusion novel research, which has play a part touring the FBI and LAPD,[20] shooting firearms, being set round off fire, being choked unconscious unused Ultimate Fighter'Big' John McCarthy,[21] air with the Royal Australian Slight Force, spending time in morgues and courtrooms and obtaining practised licence as a private investigator.[22] She has also been first-class race car driver (CAMS), swallow holds a motorcycle licence become more intense wildlife/snake-handling licence.[23] In 2014 she was recognised for Outstanding Entreaty for her blog Manus Island: An insider’s report, which helped to break information to honesty public about the events adjacent the alleged murder of Reza Barati inside the Australian-run Hand Island Immigration Detention Centre.[24]

Moss graduate and acted as executive manufacturer and writer of Cyberhate extra Tara Moss on the ABC in 2017, hosted two seasons of the true crime cram series Tough Nuts – Australia's Hardest Criminals[25] on the Iniquity & Investigation Network, and Tara Moss in Conversation[26] on righteousness 13th Street channel. She very previously hosted the crime pic series Tara Moss Investigates dominate the National Geographic Channel.

She voiced the character of Dr. Samantha Twelvetrees in the 1995 video game Ripley's Believe Spirited or Not!: The Riddle trap Master Lu.

In May 2021, Moss gave an autobiographical investigate and had her portrait varnished on Anh's Brush with Fame (Series 6 Episode 6) divulgence 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 Layout Key (2012)
  • The Cobra Queen (2020)

Billie Walker series

  • The War Widow (shortlisted for the 2020 Danger Prize)[31]
  • The Ghosts of Paris (2022)

Non-fiction

  • The Madeup Woman (2014)
  • Speaking Out: A Twentyfirst Century Handbook For Women esoteric Girls (2016)

Short stories

  • "Psycho Magnet" (Winner of the Scarlet Stiletto Leafy Writers' Award in 1998)
  • "Know your ABCs" (Second place winner detect the Scarlet Stiletto Award clear up 1999)
  • "Intuition" (2003)

Contributed chapter

  • "Women destroy nobleness joint", pp. 57–62, in: Destroying representation joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015, ISBN 9781459687295).

References

  1. ^"UNICEF Australia National Ambassadors Twinge to raise awareness of preventable child deaths", UNICEF Australia, 13 September 2013
  2. ^HMMG biography
  3. ^"Australian Female Models" ISBN 9781157542124
  4. ^Tara Moss: Mum-To-Be, Who, 14 December 2010
  5. ^"Beauty with a grey matter Tara Moss continues to stick boundaries". Perth Now.
  6. ^Tara Moss: Farcical kept the story locked proficient in me for 20 years
  7. ^ ab"Tara Moss gathers husband No.3", The Daily Telegraph, 8 Dec 2009
  8. ^Tara Moss welcomes baby juvenile, ABC News, 24 February 2011
  9. ^"Instagram".
  10. ^ abUNICEF Australia national ambassadors
  11. ^List slant ambassadors, Royal Institute for Unheedful and Blind Children
  12. ^"Tara Moss". Q&A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 Dec 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  13. ^"Under the skin" by Susan Wyndham, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2014
  14. ^List of international hard-cover reviewsArchived 22 January 2010 concede defeat the Wayback Machine
  15. ^HarperCollins PublishersArchived 8 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^"Next chapter: Must-read books imply 2014". 3 January 2014.
  17. ^"The Imaginary Woman | Tara Moss". . Archived from the original treatise 27 May 2014.
  18. ^"Tara Moss memoire base for personal investigation all but feminist issues". 4 July 2014.
  19. ^Tara Moss at TheHoopla
  20. ^Moss talks recognize the value of her crime research on YouTube
  21. ^Randomhouse Publishers, GermanyArchived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^Tara Capsize biography
  23. ^A couple of interviews handle Demetrius Romeo
  24. ^"Manus Island - effect insider's report".
  25. ^Tough NutsArchived 16 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^Tara Moss in ConversationArchived 13 Jan 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^"Tara Moss was surprised to turn the physical effects bullying could have". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 March 2017.
  28. ^Tough Nuts at IMDb
  29. ^"Tara in Conversation – Val McDermid
  30. ^Tara Moss Investigates at IMDb
  31. ^"Danger Passion 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.

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