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ⓘ About C.E. Murphy
C.E. Murphy is one of the highly famous authors from The United States, who likes to write her books based on the romance, science fiction, and fantasy genres. She is particularly renowned for writing the widely successful Walker Papers series, Inheritor’s Cycle series, The Strongbox Chronicles, and The Negotiator Trilogy series. In addition to using her original name for writing her books, author Murphy also uses the pen name Cate Dermody for writing some of her novels. Her writing career also consists of writing a graphic novel called Take A Chance. Author Murphy was born on June 01, 1973 in Kenai, Alaska, The United States. Apart from writing the fantasy and science fiction books, she is also credited for writing several comic books and short stories.
All Book Series by C.E. Murphy
A Garrison Report: Magic Hath An Element
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2011
The Avalanche
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Carroll
When the Light Lay Still
Book 3 of 8 · published 2019 Anthology · Charles J. Eskew
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: Alchemy with Words
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2002
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Opus Magnus
Book 2 of 3 · published 2004
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Author's Grimoire
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2007
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is C.E. Murphy?
C.E. Murphy is one of the highly famous authors from The United States, who likes to write her books based on the romance, science fiction, and fantasy genres. She is particularly renowned for writing the widely successful Walker Papers series, Inheritor's Cycle series, The Strongbox Chronicles, and The Negotiator Trilogy series. In addition to using her original name for writing her books, author Murphy also uses the pen name Cate Dermody for writing some of her novels.
Which C.E. Murphy series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy series, the earliest of C.E. Murphy's multi-book series: it opens with The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: Alchemy with Words (2002) and runs to 3 books across 2002–2007, ending with The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Author's Grimoire (2007). C.E. Murphy's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has C.E. Murphy written?
C.E. Murphy has 74 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2026. 65 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Walker Papers series with 13 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should C.E. Murphy's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. C.E. Murphy's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy (2002–2007, 3 books), Walker Papers (2005–2020, 13 books) and Strongbox Chronicles (2005–2006, 3 books), plus 15 more.
How are C.E. Murphy's books organised into series?
This guide splits C.E. Murphy's 74 books into 18 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Walker Papers (13 books, 2005–2020); Judges (8 books, 2018–2021); Walker Papers Short Stories/Novellas (7 books, 2011–2020); Guildmaster Saga (5 books, 2017–2023); Negotiator Trilogy/Old Races Universe (5 books, 2007–2012), plus 13 further series.