Derville Murphy

Derville Murphy was born in 1956 in Birmingham, UK. When she was thirteen her family returned home to Ireland. She qualified from DIT as an architect in 1978 and then worked for over twenty years as an architect and art curator. At fifty-two, she went back to college and completed an MPhil in Irish Art History - and in 2015, at UCD, a Ph.D. in Art and architecture. Since then she has worked as an art consultant. Murphy is also an artist who has exhibited widely in Ireland and her works are in several art collections. Although she has written articles for academic journals, The Art Collectors Daughter is her debut novel. She lives in Dublin, is married with two daughters and 'adorable' twin grandchildren.