David Murphy

Who is David Murphy?

David Murphy is an Irish writer and author of several books including one short story collection LOST NOTES, the title story of which won the inaugural Maurice Walsh Award for short stories, three novels ARKON CHRONICLES, LONGEVITY CITY and BIRD OF PREY.

His stories have been published and translated more than one hundred times worldwide, including two chapbooks published in 1995 and 1998. He is a founder editor of Albedo One Magazine and co-ordinator of the Aeon Award for short stories, though recently he has stepped down from those positions to concentrate on writing. His latest book, WALKING ON RIPPLES, is a fiction-memoir due from Dublin's Liffey Press in the autumn of 2014.

""Lost Notes" is a story that approaches greatness. Attempts at description can only diminish it. There are certain passages in great music that, whenever I hear them, I have only to close my eyes to be released from corporeality. "Lost Notes" had the same effect on me." - Dr David Marcus

"It's a rare talent who can show a glimpse of what Ireland is and could become. David Murphy doesn't believe in glimpses. He shows it all, every subtle distinction, every smell, every shade.