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Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

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Personal name headingMurphy, Jim, 1947-2022
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Variant(s)Murphy, James, 1947-2022
Biography/History noteJim Murphy (b. 1947) is an American young-adult nonfiction author.
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWoodstock (N.Y.)
Birth date1947-09-25
Death date2022-05-01
Place of birthKearny (N.J.)
Place of deathWoodstock (N.Y.)
AffiliationRutgers University
Profession or occupationAuthors
Found inHis Weird and wacky inventions, c1978: t.p. (Jim Murphy)
Phone call to pub., 3/29/78 (James Murphy; other forenames unknown; 1st bk.; b. 9/25/47)
Personal communication with author, 7/12/94 (full name is James John Patrick Murphy)
Scholastic Books website, Mar. 10, 2011 (Jim Murphy; b. in Kearny, N.J.; nonfiction author for young readers)
Wikipedia, viewed October 26, 2022: under "Jim Murphy (author)" (Died May 1, 2022 at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. Graduated from Rutgers in 1970)
Wikipedia, February 2, 2023 (Jim Murphy; James John Patrick Murphy; born September 25, 1947 in New Jersey; died May 1, 2022 in Woodstock, New York; American author; wrote more than 35 nonfiction and fiction books for children, young adults, and general audiences, including more than 30 about American history)
Associated languageeng