Derville Murphy

Derville Murphy was born in Birmingham, UK. When she was a teenager her family returned home to Ireland. She qualified from DIT as an architect and then worked for over twenty years as an architect and art curator. As a mature student she went back to college and completed an MPhil in Irish Art History – and in 2015, at UCD, a Ph.D. in art and architecture. Murphy is also an artist and has exhibited widely in Ireland. Her works are in several art collections. Her essays, short stories, and memoirs are published in academic/literary journals. She has written three novels, published by Poolbeg Press, The Art Collectors Daughter (2020), If Only She Knew (2021), and A Perfect Copy (2022). She lives between Dublin and Wexford, is married with two daughters and ‘adorable’ twin grandchildren.