Australian author of picture books and informational science books. Murphy is a qualified zoologist, and holds an M.Sc. Her non-fiction work focuses strongly on wild animals (particularly natural adaptations) and the environment.
In addition to awards listed on AustLit, she has won the Education Publishing Australia Award (2015: Primary student resource, Arts/Science/Humanities, for Environments and Responsibility) and the Australian Geography Teachers Association Award (2014, for Environments and Responsibility).
Only Murphy's fiction is indexed on AustLit. For works not individually indexed on AustLit, see Notes.