John Murray (born 1963) is an Australian epidemiologist and writer.

Life

Murray was born in 1963 in Adelaide, Australia. In 1985, Murray received his medical degree. He received a master's of public health from Johns Hopkins University. He went on to the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemic Intelligence Service. He investigated the outbreak of diseases such as cholera and dysentery.

In fall 1999, he moved with his wife and daughter to Iowa, where he graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

In 2003, he published a collection of short stories.

Works

• John Murray (4 March 2003). A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-050928-7. A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies (short Stories).

References

• On Writing Interview, windreverpress, Michael Standiert
• Caught Between Places, The Atlantic, Curtis Sittenfeld, April 2, 2003
• A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories By John Murray, WNYC
• Foreign Bodies, Michael Gorra, The New York Times, April 13, 2003