“If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck. They followed the rules, and the rules had been proven to work. Celeste must therefore not be following the rules. And you could never prove it to them! They would die smug in their beds.”

Australian author

Liane Moriarty is an Australian author who began her career in advertising and marketing before turning to fiction. Her first novel, Three Wishes, was published in 2003, and she has since built a large international readership. She has written ten novels in all, with worldwide sales of more than 20 million copies. Several of her books, including Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Last Anniversary, and Apples Never Fall, have been adapted for television, and she became the first Australian author to debut at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.