A woman with red hair wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans sits on stone steps, smiling and resting her head on her hand, with a rocky background behind her.

Bernadette Murphy

Utah Chapter Leader

Bernadette Murphy is the author of soon to be five books of narrative nonfiction, among them the bestselling Zen and the Art of Knitting. She is also a collaborative writer who has published seven additional books with public figures, including works that became New YorkTimes and national bestsellers. She has served for 19 years as a professor of creative writing (Antioch University Los Angeles and The Newport MFA at Salve Regina University, Rhode Island), is a former weekly book critic for The Los Angeles Times, and has written essays on life, literature and the arts for publications nationwide.