Rita Murphy

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Rita Murphy was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1964, to a pianist and an English teacher. She began writing short stories after her son was born in 1992. Her first novel, Night Flying, won the Delacorte Press Prize and has been translated into seven languages. She went on to write several other novels for young readers, among them Black Angels, Harmony, Looking for Lucy Buick and Bird. She studied writing at the University of Vermont and dance at The Naropa Institute. She has taught creative writing in Costa Rica, visited schools in Vermont as a guest author, and teaches at the Bread Loaf Young Writers' Conference. She lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her husband and son.

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• Night Flying (2000) · Night Flying 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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