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Maura Pierlot

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Maura is an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker based in Canberra, Australia. Her young adult work across art forms explores the complex intersection between identity, self and belonging. Tackling youth mental health themes, Maura’s acclaimed play, Fragments, is now an award-winning web series, feature-length anthology film and hybrid young adult novella.

Maura enjoys writing for children. Clutterbugs (Big Ideas Press, 2025) is a fun, zany adventure that showcases personal responsibility, sustainability and creativity. Alphabetter – A Better You and Me, from A to Z (Affirm Press, 2024), presents fun, relatable scenarios that encourage children to explore positive character traits and values. What Will You Make Today? (Storytorch Maura is an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker based in Canberra, Australia. Her young adult work across art forms explores the complex intersection between identity, self and belonging. Tackling youth mental health themes, Maura’s acclaimed play, Fragments, is now an award-winning web series, feature-length anthology film and hybrid young adult novella.

Maura enjoys writing for children. Clutterbugs (Big Ideas Press, 2025) is a fun, zany adventure that showcases personal responsibility, sustainability and creativity. Alphabetter – A Better You and Me, from A to Z (Affirm Press, 2024), presents fun, relatable scenarios that encourage children to explore positive character traits and values. What Will You Make Today? (Storytorch Press, 2023) empowers young readers to make a difference in the world. Maura’s first book, the music-themed picture book, The Trouble in Tune Town, won the 2018 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards and several overseas honours.

Drawn at an early age to big ideas, Maura has a PhD in philosophy. She has worked as an ethicist, editor of Australian Medicine, medical writer/producer and business owner. Besides writing full-time, Maura visits schools and libraries as a guest reader and speaker. She is the founder of The Book Bench Project, a Canberra initiative that fosters a shared love of reading and sense of community. She is also a regular reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s online magazine, Reading Time, and a Role Model and Sponsor for Books in Homes Australia and a qualified art therapist.

When she’s not busy thinking, dreaming and creating, Maura enjoys spending time with her family and animals at their avocado farm, a mountaintop property on the New South Wales south coast.

To find out more about Maura and her work, please visit https://maurapierlot.com and follow https://instagram.com/maurapierlot_au....

To find out more about The Book Bench Project please visit https://bigideaspress.com and follow https://instagram.com/thebookbenchpro....

To find out more about Fragments: Journeys from Isolation to Connection, please visit: https://fragmentsthefilm.com and follow https://instagram.com/fragmentsthefilm_.

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	The Lies We Tell Ourselves 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trouble in Tune Town by Maura Pierlot (Goodreads Author), Sophie Norsa (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clutterbugs by Maura Pierlot (Goodreads Author), Maya Bora (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alphabetter – A Better You and Me, from A to Z by Maura Pierlot (Goodreads Author), Jorge Garcia Redondo (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Maura Pierlot and 31 other people liked Suz's review of The Lies We Tell Ourselves: "I am so glad I read this book! This is YA, but if you’re like me and love to read across all genres and age groups you will love it too. The Lies We Tell Ourselves blends all the twisty topics of adolescents and life - self image and the complexities" Read more of this review »
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Maura Pierlot made a comment on Suz’s review of The Lies We Tell Ourselves " Thank you for this fabulous review, Suzanne. Although Harley’s story is YA, I think it offers insights for all of us. I’m so glad you loved it 🥰 "
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Maura Pierlot liked Melissa's review of The Lies We Tell Ourselves: "It's been a while since I read a book that had me mulling it over for a while afterwards, lately I just move on to the next book, but this was one of those books. 'The Lies We Tell Ourselves' is an amazing YA novel, one that should be on reading lists" Read more of this review »
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Maura Pierlot and 10 other people liked Veronica ⭐️'s review of The Lies We Tell Ourselves: "Very impressive. A harrowing story about body image. A topic that I’m afraid never goes out of date. Maura Pierlot exposes the fragility of the teenage years in this heartfelt story that reflects on the societal perceptions of being thin. Harley makes a" Read more of this review »
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