Edmund P. Murray

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Edmund P. Murray
BornJuly 1930
Brooklyn, New York
DiedOct. 2007
Newark, New Jersey
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.maryroach.com

Edmund P. Murray (July 1930 – October 2007) is an American novelist and journalist. His novels include The Passion Players,[1] Kulubi,[2] My Bridge To America, and The Peregrine Spy.[3]

Edmund Murray was a media adviser to the Iranian military during the Islamic Revolution (1978–79) when the Shah fell and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. [1] He has worked as a journalist and a contract CIA agent[3] in the United States and many parts of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Mr. Murray's short story "His Cuban Situation" published in the literary magazine Contact, won the William Carlos Williams Award.

References

  1. ^ Schott, Webster (April 28, 1968). "Adventure in Fraud". The New York Times. p. BR4.
  2. ^ Reed, Ishmael (October 7, 1973). "Kulubi; A panegyric for Western civilization By Edmund P. Murray". The New York Times. p. BR426.
  3. ^ a b Meagher, L. D. (September 7, 2004). "Three fine books for your time". CNN.com. Retrieved March 5, 2013.