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Sandra Fox Murphy

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Born
in Wilmington, Delaware, The United States
May 21

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Historical Fiction, Paranormal

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SANDRA FOX MURPHY is originally from Glasgow, Delaware, and grew up an Air Force “brat.” Sandy was inspired to begin writing while studying the beatnik poets at Indian Valley College in California and later received her Bachelor of Arts in English and French Literature at The University of Texas. She retired as a labor-management-relations consultant from the U.S Geological Survey. Her first novel, A Thousand Stars, historical fiction set in early Barbados and Rhode Island, was published in March 2016 and is available at Amazon. Her second novel, That Beautiful Season, begins in the Civil War, in Maryland, and delves into the love of the land and family through difficult times. She is now researching and writing the story of Fidelia McCord ...more

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Sandra Fox Murphy For Winter/Spring of 2020, I have a stack of non-fiction books on the Civil War--research for my next novel, the last one in The Fidelia McCord Trilog…moreFor Winter/Spring of 2020, I have a stack of non-fiction books on the Civil War--research for my next novel, the last one in The Fidelia McCord Trilogy. But, also on my reading list are: Today We Go Home (Kelli Estes), The Chisel Tree (W. W. Harper), The Ghostwriter (Allesandra Torre), If You Want to Make God Laugh (Bianca Marais).(less)
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Sandra Fox Murphy I am currently working on Book 2 of the Fidelia McCord Series, titled On a Lark. This continues the story from Let the Little Birds Sing, and On a Lar…moreI am currently working on Book 2 of the Fidelia McCord Series, titled On a Lark. This continues the story from Let the Little Birds Sing, and On a Lark introduces the characters of Jackson and Miles from a moonshine family in North Carolina. Of course, these parallel stories will come together at the end of Book 2. Book 3 in this series will, hopefully, come in 2020, and it will be set in Texas during the Civil War. This series was inspired by a young girl coming to Central Texas on a wagon train, a girl whose story spoke to me.(less)
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A Thousand Stars
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