With over 20 million copies of her books sold around the world, Liane Moriarty is one of the most widely read and successful novelists writing today. She has many New York Times bestsellers to her name; and three of her novels have been adapted for the screen, including the Emmy-winning HBO limited series Big Little Lies.
Moriarty has earned the devotion of a global readership thanks to her mastery of domestic drama. This is a writer who poignantly depicts irresistible characters, compelling scenarios, and deceptively sharp observations of human behavior—all with a healthy dose of wit. In her new novel, Here One Moment, Moriarty’s talents are on full display as she poses this unnerving question to readers: if you knew you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently?
The opening pages of Here One Moment introduce us to an ensemble cast of travelers boarding an ordinary flight. There is the joyous newlywed couple still dressed in their wedding finery; the overwhelmed mother traveling with toddler and infant in tow; the empty nesters on their way home from their long planned cross-country trip; the frantic father desperate to get back in time for his daughter’s school play; and a nondescript older woman who will soon alter the lives of every passenger.
Minutes before landing, this woman suddenly rises from her seat and shares with each passenger the age and cause of their death. For some, these predictions are a fun bit of macabre, for others even a strange comfort. But for six passengers, the prophecies are deeply unsettling as “the Death Lady” (as she will come to be known) predicts their end is in the very near future. Most convince themselves this is nothing more than the ravings of an unwell woman—that is, until her predictions start coming to pass.
A deft rumination on free will and destiny and our innate need for certainty in an uncertain world, Here One Moment is the next great addition to Moriarty’s oeuvre.
Liane Moriarty will be joined in conversation with Karen Joy Fowler.
About the Authors
Liane Moriarty is the author of many novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty; and the New York Times bestsellers Nine Perfect Strangers, What Alice Forgot, and The Last Anniversary. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.
Karen Joy Fowler is a novelist and short story writer. Her fourth novel, The Jane Austen Book Club, was a NY Times bestseller and her sixth, We are all completely beside ourselves, won the PEN/FAULKNER for fiction in 2013 and was shortlisted for the Man/Booker. Her most recent, Booth, was published in March of 2022. At present, she’s written seven novels, has seven grandchildren, and lives in Santa Cruz.
Please note that Liane Moriarty will be staying after the event to sign books.
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