Cirrus@Austlit

Peter Murphy has spent much of his life in Melbourne where he has completed a BA and a Diploma of Teaching at Monash University and an Associate Diploma in Librarianship at RMIT. He has worked as a teacher in the Victorian Education Department. Murphy began writing in 1967 and has been interested in the potential of different forms of writing: his other unpublished works include an opera libretto, Jo Being and plays for radio and stage including 'Glitter' (1977) and 'Illuminations' (1986).