Devin Murphy, ’02, has a new WWII historical fiction/coming of age novel being published by Harper Perennial in September 2017. “The Boat Runner” is a sweeping story of a wealthy Dutch family, industrious owners of a light bulb factory in a small town, whose world is upended over the course of four years during the WWII Nazi occupation.
As the family struggles to stay whole, the book follows the youngest son through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German Navy, where his years assisting his sea-voyager uncle come in handy, as he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life forever.
In addition to his B.A. and M.A. from St. Bonaventure, Murphy holds an M.F.A. from Colorado State University, a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is an assistant professor of creative writing at Bradley University. He has worked various jobs in national parks around the country and once had a three-year stint at sea that led him to over 50 countries on all seven continents. His fiction has appeared in more than 60 literary journals and anthologies, including The Missouri Review, Glimmer Train, The Chicago Tribune, New Stories from the Midwest, and Confrontation. He lives with his wife and children in Chicago.
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