Kevin Andrew Murphy
| Kevin Andrew Murphy | |
|---|---|
 Murphy at Westercon in 2011 | |
| Occupation | American writer |
Kevin Andrew Murphy is an American novelist and game writer from Northern California.
Education
He is a graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz and has a Master of Arts from University of Southern California.
Career
He has written gamebooks for Steve Jackson Games and White Wolf. He is one of the contributors to the Wild Cards book series edited by George R. R. Martin. His first solo novel, Penny Dreadful, was released in 2007. He is also the designer of several fonts on the theme of witchcraft for Scriptorium Fonts.
He wrote the essay "Unseen Horrors and Shadowy Manipulations" in the compilation Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show.[1] In a review in School Library Journal, Christine C. Menefee says his essay "documents instances of censorship and the attempts of network and advertisers to reshape Buffy to suit their purposes."[2]
He completed the novel Drum into Silence (2002) posthumously for Jo Clayton.[3]
His work has been published in the Shit Creek Review.[4]
He has worked as a staff type designer for Scriptorium Fonts.[5]
Bibliography
Novels
- House of Secrets (w/ James A. Moore, 1995)
- Fathom (2002)
- Drums Into Silence (w/ Jo Clayton, 2004)
- Penny Dreadful (2007)
Short fiction (partial)
- Card Sharks (1993)
- House of Secrets (1995)
- Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
- Truth Until Paradox (2001)
- Deuces Down (2002)
- Hastur Pussycat, Kill Kill (2004)
- Wild Cards: Deuces Down (2004)
Gamebook (partial)
- The Quintessential World of Darkness (1998)
- Guide to the Traditions (2001)
References
- ↑ Yeffeth, G. (2013). Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show. BenBella Books. p. 151. ISBN 9781935251491. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ Menefee, Christine C. (March 2004). "Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show", School Library Journal 50 (3): 254.
- ↑ Bernard A. Drew, Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-4179-2, p. 279.
- ↑ "SCR » Author Index". Shitcreek.auszine.com. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ "Scriptorium Fonts & Art". fontcraft.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "Author Profile: Kevin Andrew Murphy". Tangent: The Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Fiction Review Magazine (15). Summer 1996.
External links
- Kevin Andrew Murphy's Homepage
- Kevin Andrew Murphy at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Article on his font designs