Jim Murphy (2) (1947–2022)
Author of The Great Fire
For other authors named Jim Murphy, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Jim Murphy has written more than twenty-five books for young people. In addition to the Newbery Honor, which he received for The Great Fire, he has won many other awards, including the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor. He is also the two-time winner of show more both the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Mr. Murphy lives with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey show less
Works by Jim Murphy
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (2003) 1,226 copies
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 (1998) 1,157 copies
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 (2001) 525 copies
Associated Works
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, October 1980 — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Murphy, James John Patrick
- Birthdate
- 1947
- Date of death
- 2022-05-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Place of death
- Woodstock, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Kearny, New Jersey, USA
Maplewood, New Jersey, USA - Education
- Rutgers University (Bx | English)
Radcliffe College - Occupations
- children's book editor
managing editor
writer - Relationships
- Blank, Alison (wife)
- Awards and honors
- Margaret A. Edwards Award, American Library Association (2010)
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 10,105
- Popularity
- #2,350
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 279
- ISBNs
- 225
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 1
- Touchstones
- 101