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Writing
Elizabeth Rose Murray writes novels, short stories, essays and poetry for children, young adults and adults. Her books include The Book of Learning – Nine Lives Trilogy 1 (2016 Dublin UNESCO Citywide Read for Children, included on the Junior Cycle English reading list and optioned for film), The Book of Shadows – Nine Lives Trilogy 2 (shortlisted 2016 Irish Book Awards and 2016 Irish Literacy Association Award), The Book of Revenge – Nine Lives Trilogy 3 (Feb 2018) and Caramel Hearts (May 2016).
Recent publications include a five-part Legends of the Land children’s audio story series for SKODA, plus poetry, essays and stories in the following anthologies/journals; I Am the Wind (ROI), Wild Wonders (ROI), Women on Nature (ed. Katherine Norbury, UK), Reading the Future (ROI), Mslexia (UK), Terrain (CA), The Elysian: Creative Responses (ROI), Trasna (US), York Literary Review (UK), Not Very Quiet (AUS), Here Comes Everyone (UK), Autonomy (ROI), Popshots (UK), Banshee (ROI), Ropes (ROI), Paper Lanterns (ROI), Channel Magazine (ROI), Waxed Lemon (ROI) and Ponder Review (U.S.).
Elizabeth also facilitates hundreds of workshops and events in schools, bookshops, festivals and libraries each year, encouraging creativity and a love of reading and storytelling. She is part of the Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools scheme and is a Children’s Books Ireland ‘Champion of Reading’ for three-years as part of the ‘Every Child A Reader’ project. Elizabeth has recently been accepted on the 2024-27 Heritage in School panel and works with a number of organisations including the Irish Writers Centre, Big Smoke Writing Factory, Writing.ie, and Moli.
Represented by Sallyanne Sweeney of MMB Creative, Elizabeth lives in West Cork, Ireland.
You can find out more about or chat to Elizabeth via the contact form on her Say Hello! page, twitter @ERMurray, facebook or instagram.
Thanks so much for visiting. Stop by any time. It’s always a pleasure to have new guests and make new friends. Elizabeth 🙂
E.R.Murray 
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Hey E.R. Murray! I saw you in Waterstones today and it was an amazing experience. Honestly, you are so kind and sweet. I am thinking about buying your books, the sneak peek was so interesting I want to read more! Your dog is so cute 🙂 Thank you for making that possible.
Much love, young student aspiring to be an author.
Hi Martyna, Thank you so much for coming to Waterstones and for commenting here – it was so great to meet you all. I’m glad you enjoyed the event – I always come away buzzing! Keep up the writing and if you have any questions, you can give me a shout through my Say hello page 🙂
Hi ER Murray. Well I wanted to send you a letter because I have been reading your series but i don’t really know how yet. You were at my school this week in Clare but I was sick and didn’t get a chance to see you. If you could show me somewhere I could send you the letter I would be more than grateful.