C.E. Murphy

## About the Author

* **Other Names**: Catie Murphy, Murphy Lawless, Zoe Chant, Cate Dermody
* **Genres**: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Fantasy
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** C.E. Murphy Books

### Biography

According to friends, C.E. Murphy “is a thin veneer over a woman who is constantly moving and shaking. In between walking to Mordor and back, swimming, dancing, and attending Bon Jovi concerts, she squeezes out a book or two every three days.” Also according to friends, she began her writing career when she ran away from home at age five to write copy for the circus that had come to town. It is clear to her that she should let her friends write all of her biographies, because they’re much more interesting that way.

Her own recollections suggest she began writing around age six, when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst, but also told her–a six year old kid–to keep writing, which she has. She has also held the usual grab-bag of jobs usually seen in an authorial biography, including public library volunteer (at ages 9 and 10; it’s clear she was doomed to a career involving books), archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. Writing books is better, and she now has close to twenty in print. In her down time, she writes comic books and short stories, which may be why her editor and agent independently suggested she get a hobby that \*wasn’t\* writing.

She was born and raised in Alaska, and now lives in her ancestral homeland of Ireland, which is a magical land where it rains a lot but winter never actually arrives.

## Series

### The Walker Papers series

* Genre: Urban Fantasy
* Theme: Shaman, shifters, magic useres...

### The Negotiator Trilogy

* Genre: Urban Fantasy
* Theme: Old Races, Gargoyes
* Includes: *Collected Tales of the Old Races*

### Worldwalker Duology

* Genre : Urban Fantasy
* Theme : Faeries
* Series list:
	1. Truthseeker (The Worldwalker Duology Book 1) (2010)
	2. Wayfinder (The Worldwalker Duology Book 2) (2011)

### Inheritors' Cycle series

* Genre: Historical-Fantasy
* Theme: court intrigue, magic, witches, Renaissance Europe
* Series list:
	1. The Queen's Bastard (The Inheritors' Cycle Book 1) (2008)
	2. The Pretender's Crown (The Inheritors' Cycle Book 2) (2009)

### Austen Chronicle

* Genre : Historical-Fantasy
* Theme : magic in Regency England
* Series list:
	1. Magic & Manners (Austen Chronicle Book 1) (2016)

### Guildmaster Saga

* Genre : Children's Fantasy, Swashbuckling Adventure,
* Theme : magic on the High Seas
* Series list:
	1. Seamaster (The Guildmaster Saga Book 1) (2017)
	2. Stonemaster (The Guildmaster Saga Book 2) (2019)
	3. Skymaster (The Guildmaster Saga Book 3) (2021)
	4. Sunmaster (The Guildmaster Saga Book 4) (2022)

### Rising series

* Genre : Children's Fantasy, Reimagined Fairytales
* Theme : with a Horror twist
* Series list:
	1. Them Shoes (2020) *a bloody retelling of The Red Shoes...*
	2. Keys (2020)
	3. Siryn (2019)

### Torn series

* Genre : Post Apocalypse, Dystopia
	1. Practical Boots (The Torn Book 1) (2021)

## Other Writings

### Short Stories

* **Winter Moon** (2005) (fantasy anthology) — "Banshee Cries", Walker Papers series #1.5
* **Easy Pickings** (2012) eBook — combined The Walker Papers series and Jane Yellowrock series
* **Baba Yaga's Daughter** & Other Tales of the Old Races(2012) — shorts collection — Negotiator Trilogy

### Collections / Anthologies

* Easy Pickings: A Jane Yellowrock/Walker Papers Crossover (2012) with Faith Hunter
* Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Tales of the Old Races (2012) (*The Negotiator Trilogy*)
* Winter Moon (2005) with Mercedes Lackey and Tanith Lee