Southeastern Community College Alumni Association | Distinguished Alumnus Award 2014
Linda S. (L.S.) Murphy earned her Associate’s in Liberal Arts from Southeastern Community College and her Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Her first stories began appearing in small press magazines in 2010, and her debut young adult novel, Reaper, was published in January 2013 by J. Taylor Publishing. She is a network representative for the Southern Illinois Region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, a worldwide organization devoted to authors and illustrators of children’s novels, where she helps other writers reach their dreams of publication.
L.S. Murphy lives in the Greater St. Louis area where she watches Cardinals baseball, reads every book she can find, and weaves tales for teens and adults. When not doing all of the above, she tends to The Bean (aka her daughter), her husband and a menagerie of pets. She maintains a blog and can also be found on Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads.
