Pat Murphy

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Pat Murphy was born March 9, 1955, in Washington state, and became an American writer specializing in science fiction and fantasy. She worked for more than twenty years at San Francisco's Exploratorium, the city's museum of science, art, and human perception, where she produced educational nonfiction materials, and in 2014 was hired by Doug Peltz as the first employee at Mystery Science to develop elementary-level science curriculum. From 1998 to 2018 she co-wrote a recurring "Science" column with Paul Doherty for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In 1991, alongside fellow author Karen Joy Fowler, Murphy co-founded the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, established to recognize science fiction and fantasy exploring gender, and she also formed the informal writers' group The Brazen Hussies with Lisa Goldstein and Michaela Roessner. Her notable works include The Falling Woman (1986), a novel blending archaeology and Mayan mythology that won the Nebula Award, The City, Not Long After (1989), the novelette "Rachel in Love," the novella Bones, and the children's novel The Wild Girls. Across her career she has won multiple Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, a Philip K. Dick Award, and a Theodore Sturgeon Award, along with numerous additional nominations. She holds a black belt in kenpo and currently resides in Nevada.

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• The Adventures of Mary Darling (2025) · The Adventures of Mary Darling Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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