C. E. Murphy
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C. E. Murphy is an American born author that writes in the fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 and romance
Romance (genre)
As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as...

 genres. She is the author of the Walker Papers series, The Negotiator Trilogy, and the Inheritor's Cycle as well as The Strongbox Chronicles which were written under a pseudonym. She has also written the graphic novel
Graphic novel
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 Take a Chance.

Biography

C. E. Murphy is an Alaska
Alaska
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n-born writer of fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

s, short stories
Short story
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 and comic books. She has also written a romance novel
Romance novel
The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

 trilogy under the pseudonym
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 Cate Dermody, which was her grandmother's maiden name. She currently lives in her ancestral home in Ireland
Ireland
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. Along with writing, she has worked at various points as a library volunteer, archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. She is also working on a screenplay.

The Walker Papers

  • Urban Shaman (2005)
    • Banshee Cries in the Winter Moon anthology (2009) with Mercedes Lackey
      Mercedes Lackey
      Mercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar...

       and Tanith Lee
      Tanith Lee
      Tanith Lee is a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. She is the author of over 70 novels and 250 short stories, a children's picture book and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of BBC science fiction series Blake's 7...

  • Thunderbird Falls (2006)
  • Coyote Dreams (2007)
  • Walking Dead (2009)
  • Demon Hunts (2010)
  • Spirit Dances (2011)
  • Raven Calls (to be released March 2012)

The Old Races Universe

The Negotiator Trilogy
  • Heart of Stone (2007)
  • House of Cards (2008)
  • Hands of Flame (2008)

Other Tales
  • Five Card Draw (2009, online)
  • From Russia, With Love in the Fantasy Medley anthology (2009) with Kelley Armstrong
    Kelley Armstrong
    Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author, primarily of fantasy works.She has published sixteen fantasy novels , set in the world of the Women of the Otherworld and the Darkest Powers series, also two crime novels in 2007 and 2009...

    , Kate Elliott
    Kate Elliott
    Kate Elliott is the pen name of American fantasy and science fiction writer Alis A. Rasmussen .-Writing:Although Rasmussen's first novels The Labyrinth Gate and The Highroad failed to become bestsellers, additional publishers liked her manuscripts but wanted a fresh name unconnected with the...

    , Robin Hobb
    Robin Hobb
    Robin Hobb is the second pen name of novelist Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who produces primarily fantasy fiction, although she has published some science fiction....

    , and Yanni Juznia
  • Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (novella)
  • Year of Miracles (novella)
  • Perchance to Dream in the Dragon's Lure anthology (2010) with Danielle Ackley-McPhail
  • Baba Yaga's Daughter & Other Tales of the Old Races (to be released 2012)

The Strongbox Chronicles

written as Cate Dermody
  • The Cardinal Rule (2005)
  • The Firebird Deception (2006)
  • The Phoenix Law (2006)

Other Works

Short Stories
  • Cairn Dancer in The Phantom Queen Awakes anthology (2010) with Anya Bast, Elaine Cunningham
    Elaine Cunningham
    Elaine Cunningham is an American fantasy and science fiction author, especially known for her contributions to the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game campaign setting of Forgotten Realms, including the realms of Evermeet, Halruaa, Ruathym and Waterdeep.-Biography:Elaine Cunningham grew up in New...

    , and Katherine Kerr
  • Blended in the Running With The Pack anthology (2010) with Laura Anne Gilman
    Laura Anne Gilman
    Laura Anne Gilman is an American fantasy author.-Biography:Laura Anne Gilman was born in 1967 in suburban New Jersey. She received a Liberal Arts education from the Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta honors society...

     and Carrie Vaughn
    Carrie Vaughn
    Carrie Vaughn is an American author who writes the urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. She has published more than 50 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and internet magazines...


Comics
  • Take a Chance (2009)

External links

  • Official website (cemurphy.net)
  • Personal website (mizkit.com)
  • Book covers and reviews at Fantasy Literature.net
  • Magical Words - Writing blog of Faith Hunter
    Faith Hunter
    Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American fantasy and thriller author. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre. She also collaborates on thrillers with Gary Leveille, under the name Gary Hunter...

    , C.E. Murphy, David B. Coe
    David B. Coe
    David B. Coe is an author of fantasy novels and short stories.- Writing :He was the winner of the William L. Crawford Award for best first fantasy series, awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic for Children of Amarid and The Outlanders, the first two novels of the LonTobyn...

    , and Misty Massey
    Misty Massey
    Misty Massey is an American fantasy author. Her first novel, Mad Kestrel , was published in 2008 by Tor Books. It was given a three-star rating by Romantic Times. Massey has also published short stories in magazines....

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