Tara Rae Moss

Tara Rae Moss is one of Australia’s most iconic authors. Since 1999 she has written 14 bestselling books, published in 19 countries and 13 languages, including her advocacy handbook for women and girls Speaking Out, her #1 non-fiction bestselling memoir The Fictional Woman, and the internationally bestselling postwar historical crime novels The War Widow and The Ghosts of Paris featuring feminist PI Billie Walker and her disabled war vet assistant Samuel Baker. Her fifteenth book is due for release in 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 for two seasons on the 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, examining the phenomenon of online abuse, and most recently a reporter and host of the true-crime podcast, The Man in The Balaclava, for Audible.

Tara Rae’s passion lies in helping others and fueling positive change. She is an outspoken advocate for human rights and the rights of women, children, people living with pain and people with disabilities, and this focus informs all of her work. 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.

After many years at the forefront of chronic pain advocacy, in 2023 she recovered from the debilitating pain condition Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), which caused her to experience extreme burning pain rated on the McGill pain scale as above childbirth or amputation of a digit, caused her to rely on a wheelchair for mobility, and from which she was told she would never recover. Now in full remission after living with this illness for nearly 8 years, she feels like a new person.

Tara Rae – or Rae, as she is known primarily by her middle name in her healing work – is a mother, a wife and a dual Canadian/Australian citizen, and she currently resides in her hometown of Victoria, BC, the unceded territory of the Lkwungen 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. She is an author, speaker and certified holistic practitioner, offering work as a Shamanic Practitioner and Seiðkona, Reiki Practitioner, and a Funeral Celebrant in her local community.