John P. Murphy is an award-nominated speculative fiction author and engineer, originally from West Virginia and now residing in New Hampshire. His debut novel was RED NOISE (Angry Robot Books). His story THE LIAR was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2017. He has a PhD in robotics and a background in machine learning and network security.
John is a member of the Codex writer’s group and the New Hampshire Writers Project, and is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writing workshop, class of 2010, and served as Vice President of SFWA (2022-2024). He is represented by Evan Gregory of the Ethan Ellenberg Agency.
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John P. Murphy 
Just finished “Claudius Rex” and enjoyed it immensely — well deserving for insertion into the “best” anthologies for which it has been chosen. Have you considered getting an agent to shop the story as the basis for a movie screenplay?
Also looking forward to the novel sequel. Anything further on that timeline?
Ron
Hi Ron, I’m glad you liked Claudius Rex! I’ve been talking to agents off and on, shopping around the sequel and similar projects. Novellas are hard to sell sequels for, I’m finding, but there are a few avenues open. I’m hoping to have news this year.
Thanks for stopping by!
More Claudius Rex please!
Hi John,
Just finished ‘Liar’. I loved the story and the concept. I really enjoyed the voice too! Thank you for chatting with me at Nebula.
Hope to run into you more at cons!
J.J.
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Likewise, it was great meeting you at the Nebs.
Not sure you’ll see this John but I did want to let you know that I was a big fan of Red Noise and would love to see where the story continues!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.