Pierlot, Maura: - Maura Pierlot is an author and playwright based in Canberra.
To find out more about Maura and her work, please visit maurapierlot.com or bigideaspress.com..
She has two non-fiction children\'s titles coming out in 2023 (Storytorch Press) and 2024 (Affirm Press).
Maura is the author of the multi-award-winning picture book, The Trouble in Tune Town.
She has worked as an ethicist, editor of Australian Medicine, medical writer/producer and business owner.
Drawn at an early age to big ideas, Maura has a PhD in philosophy.
In 2022, she founded The Book Bench Project, a Canberra initiative that fosters a shared love of reading and sense of community.
The recipient of several writing fellowships, residencies and awards, Maura is a regular reviewer for the Children\'s Book Council of Australia\'s online magazine, Reading Time and a Sponsor and Role Model for Books in Homes Australia.
Tackling youth mental health themes, Maura\'s acclaimed play, Fragments has been produced as a web series (to launch February 2023), supported by the ACT Government.
Her recent work across art forms explores the complex intersection between memory, identity, self and belonging.
Pierlot, Maura: - Maura Pierlot is an author and playwright based in Canberra
