Kevin Andrew Murphy is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

and game writer from Northern California.

Education

He is a graduate of

University of California at Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge o ...

and has a Master of Arts from

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Career

He has written gamebooks for Steve Jackson Games and

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. He is one of the contributors to the ''

Wild Cards ''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George ...

'' book series edited by

George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...

. 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 Scriptorium Fonts was a type foundry based in Austin, Texas founded in 1992 by game designer, editor and historian Dave Nalle. The type foundry had three other type designers on staff: Michael Scarpitti, Peter Nevins and Kevin Andrew Murphy. In ...

. 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''. In a review in ''

School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...

'', Christine C. Menefee says his essay "documents instances of censorship and the attempts of network and advertisers to reshape Buffy to suit their purposes." He completed the novel ''Drum into Silence'' ( 2002) posthumously for Jo Clayton.Bernard A. Drew, ''Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010,
p. 279
His work has been published in the

Shit Creek Review ''The Shit Creek Review'' is an online literary and art magazine (webzine or e-zine). Its content is mostly related to poetry, and includes work belonging the differing styles of formalism and free verse by established authors and new writers. It ...

. He has worked as a staff type designer for

Bibliography

Novels

*''House of Secrets'' (w/ James A. Moore, 1995) *''Penny Dreadful'' (1996) *''Fathom Book 1: The World Below'' (2002) *''Drum Into Silence'' (w/ Jo Clayton, 2002)

Wild Cards universe

*"Cursum Perficio" (in ''

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'', 1993) *"With a Flourish and a Flair" (in '' Deuces Down'', 2002) *"The Tears of Nepthys" (in ''Busted Flush'' (2008)) *''Mississippi Roll'' (w/ David D. Levine, Cherie Priest, Stephen Leigh, Carrie Vaughn, John J. Miller, 2017) *'' Low Chicago'' (w/ Paul Cornell, Saladin Ahmed, Marko Kloos, John J. Miller, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Christopher Rowe, Melinda M. Snodgrass, 2018) *''A Flint Lies in the Mud'' and ''But a Flint Holds Fire'' (in '' Knaves Over Queens'', 2018)

Short fiction

*"Masquerade" (1994) *"The Mercury of the Wise" (1994) *"Ties That Bind" (1994) *"I'll Give You Three Wishes...." (1995) *"A Cup of Honeysuckle" (1995) *"Sealskin" (1995) *"The Croquet Mallet Murders" (1995) *"The Dark of the Year" (1995) *"Headturner" (w/ Thomas S. Roche, 1995) *"Silver Nutmeg, Golden Pear" (w/ James A. Moore, in ''Truth Until Paradox'', 1995) *"Grim Reminders" (w/ James A. Moore, in ''Truth Until Paradox'', 1995) *"Dead and Gone" (1996) *"Stereopticon" (1997) *"The Red Elixir" (1997) *"The Nightwatch Is a Lonely Vigil" (1997) *"Death for Death" (w/ Lillian Csernica, 1998) *"Special Interests" (w/ Lillian Csernica, 1998) *"The Five Petals of the Lotus" (1998) *"Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (in '' Chicks 'n Chained Males'', 1999) *"Ferdinand Feghoot and the Zero-G Nunnery" (w/ Fred Flaxman, 2002)) *"Gingerbread Recipe Number 13" (in ''Hastur Pussycat, Kill Kill'', 2004) *"Tacos for Tezcatlipoca" (2009) *"Frijoles for Fenris" (2009) *"Tecate for Hecate" (2010) *"The Restless Armadillo" (w/ Lillian Csernica, 2014) *"Tea Smoke" (2017)

Gamebook (partial)

*''Aces Abroad'', a supplement for GURPS Wild Cards(1991). *''The Quintessential World of Darkness'' (1998) *''Guide to the Traditions'' (2001)

References

Other sources

External links

Kevin Andrew Murphy's Homepage
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Article on his font designs
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