Peter E. Murphy

Peter E. Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in NYC where he operated heavy equipment, drove a taxi and managed a night club.  His writing has appeared in Guernica, The Literary Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, The North American Review, Poetry Wales, The Sun and elsewhere. He has published thirteen books and chapbooks of nonfiction and poetry including A Tipsy Fairy Tale: A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption (2024) and You Too Were Once on Fire (Fall 2025). The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University in Atlantic City, he leads workshops for writers in the US and Europe.