C. E. Murphy

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Catherine E. Murphy, who writes mainly as C. E. Murphy, was born on 1 June 1973 in Kenai, Alaska. She is an American-born writer who now lives in Ireland. She became an Irish citizen through grandparental descent in 2001 and moved to Ireland in 2005, where, as of 2020, she lived with her husband and son. She writes fantasy, romance, mystery and other speculative fiction, and her work includes the Walker Papers, the Negotiator Trilogy and the Inheritor's Cycle. She has also written the Strongbox Chronicles under a pseudonym, and the graphic novel Take a Chance, published as a five-issue comic series by Dabel Brothers in 2009. Besides Catie Murphy, she has used the pen names Murphy Lawless, Zoe Chant and Cate Dermody; Cate Dermody was used for a romance trilogy and is her grandmother's maiden name. Murphy has worked as a library volunteer, archival assistant, cannery worker and web designer, but describes writing as her primary hobby.

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Books

• Urban Shaman (2005) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Thunderbird Falls (2006) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Coyote Dreams (2007) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Walking Dead (2009) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Demon Hunts (2010) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Spirit Dances (2011) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Raven Calls (2012) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Mountain Echoes (2013) · The Walker Papers Core Canon
• Shaman Rises (2014) · The Walker Papers Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 9 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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