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Kim Murphy's current release, Whispers
from the Grave, is a contemporary novel that
includes a Civil War ghost story. The sequel, Whispers
Through Time, is due to be released in the spring of
2008. Her debut novel, Promise &
Honor, was a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's 2003
Book of the Year awards. Set during the U.S. Civil War,
it focuses on the hardships of the civilians. The sequel,
Honor & Glory, won the
Bronze Award in the
Historical Fiction category of ForeWord Magazine's 2004
Book of the Year awards. The final book in the trilogy,
Glory & Promise, was a
Library of Virginia Literary Award nominee. For a
change of pace, Kim is working on a story about a
17th-century witch (Virginia, not New England!), as well
as researching her first nonfiction title on rape during
the Civil War.
For the past seventeen years, she has lived in Virginia,
absorbing the scenery, rich culture, and history of the
area. When she's not researching, attending author events,
or writing, she can be found hiking with her Belgian
sheepdogs, Saber and Phoebe. Although Saber is quite
different from the Belgian in Whispers from the
Grave, he was named after the dog in the book. Her
previous Belgians, Magic and
Mystic,
died in 2005 after brave battles with serious
illnesses. That's Magic on the left on top; Mystic is in
the box below him. Kim also has a son in college, four
birds, and there's a husband around here somewhere who
likes to play with web pages, Linux, the GIMP and so on.
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