Ruby J Murray

Ruby J Murray is an Australian writer based in Oakland, California. She is the author of two novels, The Biographer’s Lover (Black Inc, 2019) and Running Dogs (Scribe, 2012) and has written for media outlets in Australia and internationally. Murray has been twice named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist and has been shortlisted for the Davitt and NSW Premiers Awards. Murray is currently the Head of Content at MICRO, an organisation building a fleet of six-foot-tall science museums that are installed in high-traffic public spaces from Rockefeller Centre to NYC’s busiest hospitals and libraries.

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After the Fires

After the Fires

Ruby J Murray

The girls ran ahead of him. Jonas could hear them screaming with excitement as they struggled to keep up with their own legs. All the way down the steep, grey track towards the river, the air smelt of meat burning on the barbecues and the high, sharp note of eucalypts after a heat wave. His […]

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After the Fires

After the Fires

Ruby J Murray