Bernadette Murphy

BERNADETTE MURPHY has published three books of creative nonfiction: The Tao Gals’ Guide to Real Estate, The Knitter’s Gift, and the bestselling Zen and the Art of Knitting, in which she uses memoir and reportage to explore the connection between fiber arts, creativity, and spirituality. She served for six years as a weekly book critic for the Los Angeles Times. Her personal narratives and essays on literature have appeared in The Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, Manifest Station, BOOK Magazine, Ms. Magazine, LA Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Los Angeles Times Magazine, and elsewhere. She currently serves as core faculty in creative nonfiction at the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA program.

She is the author of:

Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life