Claire Rudolf Murphy

Claire Rudolf Murphy was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of a journalist and a librarian. She has loved writing since grade school. She received a degree in history from Santa Clara University, then went on to earn a teaching credential from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1974, after graduating from college, she moved to Alaska and became a Jesuit Volunteer teacher at St. Mary’s in western Alaska. She met her husband there and they later moved to …