Jim Murphy (author)
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This page is about the American author. For the UK politician, see Jim Murphy.
Jim Murphy is an American author of history books for children. He was awarded the Newbery Honor twice: in 2004 for An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and in 1996 for The Great Fire .
His first published book was Weird and Wacky Inventions in 1978.
He is married to author Alison Blank.