Maura Pierlot

Maura is an award-winning author and playwright based in Canberra. When she's not busy writing, Maura visits schools and libraries as a guest reader and speaker, serves as a Role Model for Books in Homes Australia, and contributes reviews for the Children's Book Council of Australia's online magazine, Reading Time. In an earlier life, Maura was an ethicist, business owner and Editor of Australian Medicine. She has a Ph.D. in philosophy, specialising in ethics.