Sandra Fox Murphy

SANDRA FOX MURPHY is originally from Glasgow, Delaware, but grew up an "Air Force brat." Ms. Murphy was inspired to write verse and stories while studying the beatnik poets at Indian Valley College in California, and she is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. After retiring from the U. S. Geological Survey, she wrote the novel A Thousand Stars, the story of Ann Hill who came to Rhode Island in 1649. Her second novel, That Beautiful Season, is a tale of the Civil War and its aftermath. A story rich in the love of family and the land near the Chesapeake Bay.

Ms Murphy completed the Fidelia McCord Trilogy in 2022, a story set in mid-nineteenth century America, inspired by true events of a girl's journey during harrowing times, of a pioneering family that traveled in a wagon train from the north to near Austin City in Texas.

After release of The Dalhart Girls, a story of mischief and judgment, in the 1950's Texas Panhandle, a place dear to her heart,, she continues to scour the small towns of Texas for her next story. "Texas is so full of color and community and history. This state became my home, and I strive to make place a character in my stories."

Ms Murphy's poetry has been published in anthologies (including the recent Earth Song, A Nature Poems Experience), The Write Launch, The River, and The Ocotillo Review, and she is currently working on a collection of environmental poetry.