Author of memoir, poetry, and literary nonfiction exploring trauma and the stories we tell ourselves.
Thank You to The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County! I am humbled and grateful for receiving the 2025 Annie Award for Literature!
"Nancy Murray shows not only how willing she is to take a chance and fail, but to grow from those failures with her trademark blend of humor and humility. Like a long lunch with a good friend, there is never a dull moment."
Jen Michalski, Author of The Company of Strangers.
About Nancy Murray
Nancy Murray is the author of the acclaimed memoir One Child for Another (11th Hour Press, 2015), the poetry collection The Colors of Fear (Cyberwit Press, 2023), and her newest memoir No Experience Necessary: Stories from Life in the Works (Wayword Books, 2024).
Her poetry, plays, and short stories have been published, produced, and performed locally and internationally.
She is currently working on Heirloom, a literary nonfiction project exploring how generational trauma shapes the stories that shape our lives, and introducing a framework she calls The Flash and the Fiction.
Nancy is a recipient of the Anne Arundel County Arts Council Annie Award for Literary Arts and the Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Award for Individual Artists.
Nancy Murray is the contributing editor for Liminal Spaces, Volumes I and II - collections of poetry infused artwork by the brilliant artists of South County, Maryland and the poets from Nancy's Words on the Thirds Poetry Group. All proceeds for the sale of these books goes to The Art's Lab of South County to support the local arts community and to PoetryXHunger to turn poetry into food for the hungry.
Events
PHOTOS AND RECORDINGS OF PAST READINGS
Other Writing
Words on the Thirds Poetry Project
Scholarship:
Tales Journal, Chat GPT: 18 Students Test it and Share their Insights (8/1/2023)
CAPR (Center for Post-Secondary Readiness:
Using AI for Learning in the Community College Classroom (7/14/2023)
Researching AI for Learning in the Community Classroom (8/8/2023)
Student Responses to artificial intelligence. (2/20/2024)
Poetry:
Wild Greens Magazine, "Katie at Three" September, 2024
PoetryXHunger, "Hunger" September 2024
Moonstone Arts Center Ekphrastic Poetry Anthology, April 2023
HCE Poetry Review, Issue 2, Volume II, "Yesterday" January 2018
One Picture, One Thousand Voices, Empty Spaces
Poets Inc., Circle Woman
Survivor Magazine, Aftermath
Featured Articles:
What Weekly Magazine, The City that Reads, Non-Fiction
Baltimore Style Magazine, Wedding Balls, Non-Fiction
Catapult, The Belated Baby Shower, Non-Fiction
The Baltimore Fishbowl, Don’t Shoot, Non-Fiction
The Baltimore Fishbowl, Being Joan Rivers, Non-Fiction
The Baltimore Fishbowl, Road Rage, Non-Fiction
Baltimore Post Examiner, The Man in Plastic, Fiction
Weekly Column
The Balance Beam, 2013 – 2014.Baltimore Post-Examiner
*Featured on WYPR’S “The Lines Between Us”, Advancing the Conversation.
Plays:
Asking Questions, a three-act play produced by Fells Point Corner Theater
Dying to Know, a three-act play produced by Silver Spring Stage
*selected by Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce Showcase the Best of Maryland
Sitting Still, a one act produced at The Writer's Center & Silver Spring Stage
ART
I find that exploring other kinds of creative expression is good for my writing practice. Here are some samples of art I have been working on. Click on an image to open slide show.
