On The Edge: An Odyssey

AS VISITOR TO HAVANA, SHOULD HE FOLLOW THE SAFE ROUTE OR PUSH THE ENVELOPE TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH? Read more in Chapter Eleven, "Issaquah (Mission Havana)"... A memoir of risk-taking, poignancy and redemption, On the Edge recounts University of Washington grad, Stephen Murphy’s odyssey east to Harvard Business School. Feel his pain as hopes come crashing down. Watch him struggle through Vietnam and Pacific typhoons, but find his way to Columbia Business School, later Brazil. How does he live in an infamous favela in Rio de Janeiro, as an international banker, or end up with Hollywood studios, fighting pirates? Run the gauntlet with him inside the Beltway in both Bush administrations, yet find a way to keep his cool. In twelve chapters focused on “turning points of life,” On the Edge: An Odyssey gives inspiration to professionals to land on their feet despite harsh circumstance. “Murphy's high octane adventures provide fast reading for those keen on showbiz south of the border," writes Steve Solot, author, Brazil Cinema Today, and president, Rio Film Commission. ‘’Stephen Murphy has indeed taken paths less travelled. This is a frank and personal discussion of success, failure and lessons learned by a Seattle boy who became a global wanderer.” -- Christopher T. Bayley, author, Seattle Justice; chair, Stewardship Partners; former King County Prosecuting Attorney.

Stephen E. Murphy has lived and traveled "south of the border" for decades.  He enjoys long-lasting friendshipsin Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama and El Salvador. He has held executive positions in the BankBoston, Paramount Pictures, and the Inter-American Development Bank.  For the first Bush administration, he was appointed Worldnet Television director, U.S. Information Agency. Under President George W. Bush, heserved as Regional Director, Inter-Americas, for the Peace Corps. 

As a volunteer, he taught economics at Miami Jackson High School. The Miami Herald and the Wall Street Journal recognized his efforts to teach inner city students about the stock market and how their picks beat the S&P 500 in 1995.He left Miami for hometown Seattle, where he has taught "LatinAmerica Business" at Seattle University and consulted for firmsexpanding to the Americas. He has published articles on Cuba and Brazilfor thePuget Sound Business Journal and for Seattle's Trade Development Alliance Quarterly. 

 Murphy mentors students and young professionals in Miami, Seattle, Havana andRio de Janeiro and serves as chapter advisor to the Phi Kappa Psifraternity, University of Washington.He loves swimming in open bodies of water all over the world.
Contact:HavanaOdyssey@gmail.com