Claire Rudolf Murphy

CLAIRE RUDOLF MURPHY is the author of eighteen books for children and young adults, including Martin and Bobby: A Journey to Justice, Marching with Aunt Susan and My Country 'Tis of Thee.

Children of the Gold Rush received the 2000 Willa Cather Award. Murphy holds a degree in history from Santa Clara University, a teaching credential from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing, and has taught in Hamline University’s low-residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program since 2008.

When she’s not writing, Murphy draws on her background as a secondary language arts teacher and her twenty-four years living in Alaska, experience that shapes her work in history and nonfiction for young readers.

Claire lives in Spokane, Washington.

Claire Rudolf Murphy’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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