novelist, screenwriter, blogger, and web/print publisher

December 19, 2011 By Debra Murphy Leave a Comment
In February of 2010 and 2011 I participated in the annual Catholic Writers Conference Online by giving a workshop entitled "Ten Commandments for Catholic Fiction Writers." I'd like to start the New Year—and properly launch this writing blog—by taking those workshop notes and using them to build a series of articles on the challenges facing Catholics who write … [Read More...]
November 2, 2011 By Debra Murphy Leave a Comment
If you’re in Southern Oregon Saturday, November 5, please join Debra Murphy and dozens of other Pacific Northwest writers (and a few publishers) at the 2011 Oregon Book and Authors Fair. Formerly known as the “Southern Oregon Book & Author Fair,” held annually in Ashland, the 2011 Fair, with a new name and under the management of Trisha Barnes of the Pacific … [Read More...]
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I was raised in Champaign, Illinois and received my B.A. in History at the University of Illinois. I met her husband, Daniel, on a study year abroad in Austria. … [Read More...]

August 2011 update: I’m frequently asked, “When are you going to write a sequel to The Mystery of Things?” The answer is, well, complicated. I’m … [Read More...]
The knowledge of good authors forms not only expression and speech, but also the heart.
— Philip Melanchthon
