Everill Rens Murray (nee Cory) was educated at Glennie School, Toowoomba. She married Thomas Murray (date unknown), a pastoralist, and they made their home in the Ilfracombe district. She contributed to various journals and newspapers, including Country Life, the Courier-Mail and the Women's Mirror. She also wrote a historical account, A Story of Infant Schools and Kindergartens (London: Pitman, 19-). Date of death is unknown.