Finn Murphy (born May 22, 1958) is an

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long haul

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and author of ''The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road'' (2017) and ''Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West'' (2023)'','' both published by W.W. Norton & Company. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut as the fifth child of illustrator and cartoonist

John Cullen Murphy John Cullen Murphy (May 3, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was an American illustrator best known for his three decades of work on the ''Prince Valiant'' comic strip. Early life and education Born in New York City, Murphy spent his childhood in Chicago a ...

and Joan Byrne Murphy’s eight children. He attended parochial schools in Connecticut and attended

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in Waterville, Maine. He earned his Commercial Truck Driver license in 1980 and spent almost a decade driving for North American Van Lines. In 2008, Murphy went back on the road as a driver and those two periods became the basis for his first novel. In the years between, he lived on

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, Massachusetts and worked as a businessman and community activist. Murphy served in several public service positions on Nantucket notably as Chairman of the Nantucket Board of Selectmen, Police Commissioner, and as Airport Commissioner. As a businessman he and his wife Pamela owned and operated several luxury retail enterprises and represented the cashmere manufacturer Johnstons of Elgin from an office in New York’s garment center. Murphy was married to Pamela (Bembridge) Murphy from 1986 to 2011; the couple had no children. He now lives with his partner Deb. His siblings include

Cullen Murphy John Cullen Murphy, Jr. (born September 1, 1952) is an American writer, journalist and editor who was managing editor of ''The Atlantic'' magazine from 1985 to 2006. Early life and education He was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1952, a son ...

, Cullene Murphy, Siobhan Grogan, Byrne Sleeper, Brendan Murphy, Cait Murphy, and Mairead Nash.

Works

*''The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road'' W. W. Norton & Company; June 2017 (hardback), , *''The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road'' W. W. Norton & Company; June 2018 (paperback) *''Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West'' W. W. Norton & Company; June 2023 (hardback),

References

External links

Finn Murphy website
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