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Cullen Murphy

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September 01, 1952 in New Rochelle, New York, The United States

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John Cullen Murphy, Jr. (born September 1, 1952) is an American writer and editor probably best known for his work at The Atlantic, where he served as managing editor (1985–2002) and editor (2002-2006).

He was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was educated at Amherst College, from which he graduated with honors in medieval history in 1974. Murphy's first magazine job was in the paste-up department of Change, a magazine devoted to higher education.

He became an editor of The Wilson Quarterly in 1977. Murphy, along with his father, John Cullen Murphy, wrote the comic strip Prince Valiant from the mid 70s to 2004. He is also the author of The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and...more

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Books by Cullen Murphy

Average rating: 3.66 · 561 ratings · 144 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America 3.58 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World 3.70 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Just Curious CL 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage by William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy 3.86 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Anderson & Sheppard by Graydon Carter (Editor), Cullen Murphy (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating: