Shirley Rousseau Murphy

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born

January 01, 1928 in The United States

website

http://www.joegrey.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Shirley Rousseau Murphy is the author of Cat in the Dark, Cat on the Edge, Cat Under Fire, and Cat Raise the Dead, and has received five Council of Authors and Journalists Awards for previous books. She graduated from San Francisco Art Institute, has worked as a commercial artist and has exhibited paintings and sculptures extensively on the West Coast. She and her husband live in Carmel, California. Their cats have included a tom that twice warned them of burglars in the middle of the night by growling, and a cat that liked to ride horseback.

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Books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Average rating: 4.08 · 3,917 ratings · 376 reviews · 58 distinct works

	Cat on the Edge (Joe Grey #1) 3.96 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Catswold Portal 3.92 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Cat Under Fire (Joe Grey#2) 4.17 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cat Spitting Mad (Joe Grey #6) 4.12 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cat Raise the Dead (Joe Grey #3) 4.11 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Cat To The Dogs (Joe Grey #5) 4.25 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cat in the Dark (Joe Grey #4) 4.27 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cat Laughing Last (Joe Grey #7) 4.21 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cat Seeing Double (Joe Grey #8) 4.17 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cat Fear No Evil (Joe Grey #9) 4.19 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Joe Grey (17 books)
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

4.12 avg rating — 3,152 ratings

Dragonbards (3 books)
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

4.05 avg rating — 175 ratings

Children of Ynell (5 books)
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

3.78 avg rating — 96 ratings

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Quotes by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

“I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.”
― Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Cat on the Money

tags: cats , humane , impulse , kittens

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