About the Author

National bestselling and award-winning author Cerece Rennie Murphy has published fourteen speculative fiction novels, short stories, and children's books, including her latest release, In The Garden of Light and Shadow: War of the Fallen. Ms. Murphy is also the founder of Virtuous Con, an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction. Ms. Murphy is the recipient of Black Pearls Magazine's Author of the Year Award for Children's Literature, the National Best Sellers designation from the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC), and the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA)'s Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for significant contributions to the science fiction, fantasy, and related genres community. Created in 2008, Ms. Murphy joins the ranks of distinguished previous Solstice Award winners, including Petra Mayer, Carl Sagan, Octavia Butler, and Gardner Dozois.

Ms. Murphy lives and writes just outside her hometown of Washington, DC with her family.