Writing has been a lifelong passion for Moss, who began penning gruesome "Stephen King-inspired" stories for her classmates when she was only 10. Moss went on to a successful international career as a model before pursuing professional writing, first earning a Diploma from the Australian College of Journalism in 1997, and in 1998 winning the Scarlet Stiletto Young Writers Award for her story, Psycho Magnet. Moss started writing her successful debut novel, Fetish, when she was just 23. Her crime novels have been nominated for both the Davitt Award and the Ned Kelly; two of Australia's most prestigious honors. Not a writer to rely solely on imagination, Moss' in-depth research has seen her earn her Certificate III in Investigation from the Australian Security Academy, tour the FBI Academy at Quantico, spend time in squad cars, the morgue, prisons, the Hare Psychopathy Lab, the Supreme Court and criminology conferences world-wide, take polygraph tests, shoot weapons, conduct surveillance with private investigators, pass the Firearms Training Simulator (FATSII) with the LAPD, pull 4.2 G's doing loops over the Sydney Opera House flying with the RAAF Roulettes, acquire her CAMS race driver licence and much more.

Moss hosted the crime documentary series "Tara Moss Investigates" on the National Geographic Channel in the UK, across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She has also hosted Nat Geo Presents, mediated a GNW TV Debate, been an MTV Canada guest host, and participated as a guest and panelist on numerous popular TV programs in Australia and Canada, including 'Fashion TV', 'Book Television', Entertainment Tonight' and 'The Panel'. Moss has also conducted hundreds of talks at writer's festivals, literary events, schools, universities and corporate events.

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Moss is a proud dual Australian/Canadian citizen, and divides her time between Sydney, Los Angeles and her hometown in Victoria. When not researching and writing her fifth crime novel, Siren, Moss enjoys riding her 900cc Triumph Scrambler motorcycle and spending time with her pet pythons, and serving as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, as well as an ambassador for the YWCA, and the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.