By 2007, Moriarty found love, was engaged and looking
forward to starting a family. Now the author of 2 published
adult novels, Moriarty turns her fiction writing
talents to books for children. "The Petrifying Problem
with Princess Petronella" (2007) was based on a short
story written for her younger sister Nicola, age 10.
The book turned into a series with Nicola Berry as our
female hero.
"Nicola Berry: Earthling Ambassador" was written in 2009.
In this book Nicola is an average schoolgirl who meets
extraterrestrial Georgio. Georgio, from the
planet Globagaskar, is on an Earth mission to find an
Earthling Ambassador. The Ambassador must
be close to age to Princess Petronella, the terrible
ruler of Globagaskar. The problem: the people
of Globagaskar enjoy taking vacations to earth but Princess Petronella wants to turn Earth
into a giant dump. The mission: find an Earthing to talk sense to the terrible Princess
Petronella. The meeting between our hero Nicola and the Princess goes awry; but, Nicola
comes up with a plan to save Earth!
After experimenting with girl-oriented science fiction, Moriarty returns to writing fiction for
adults. We will look at those titles next time........