Jennifer Murphy

Jennifer Murphy holds an MFA in painting and art history from the University of Denver and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the 2013 Loren D. Milliman Fellowship for creative writing and was a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference from 2008 through 2012. She is the author of three novels, I Love You More (Winner of the 2015 Nancy Pearl Book Award for Fiction), Scarlet in Blue (A 2023 Michigan Notable Book), and The Ghost Women (2026). She is from South Haven, Michigan, and has lived in Denver, Charlotte, Seattle, Charleston, and Houston. She currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.