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John Murray John Murray i(A77579 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Murray grew up and received his formative education (including medical studies) in Adelaide. He then moved to the USA to complete a MA in public health at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. In 1992 he joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention where he specialised in epidemic dysentery and cholera in Africa and Asia. Murray has worked in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Burundi and Tajikstan.

Operating from a growing need to make sense of his experiences in Africa and Asia, Murray enrolled in a writers' workshop in Iowa and, while pursuing his writing, joined the faculty of John Hopkins University. In 2003, Murray re-settled in Adelaide.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies United Kingdom (UK) : Viking , 2003 Z1060989 2003 selected work short story
2004 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award This award was known as the Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award from 1988-2007.
2004 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize — South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book
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