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Adam Murphy biography

Adam Murphy is a comics artist, writer and illustrator whose work for children includes graphic non-fiction about history and folklore. He has written and drawn comics for The Phoenix Comic since it began in 2012. His series Corpse Talk uses a comic talk-show format in which he interviews reanimated historical figures, and Corpse Talk: Season 1 was published by David Fickling Books in 2014.

Corpse Talk developed into a series of collected books, including Corpse Talk: Season 2, published by David Fickling Books in 2015, and Corpse Talk: Dead Good Storytellers, published on 4 February 2021. The series has included themed volumes on monarchs, scientists, women from history and storytellers, using short comic interviews and factual historical material for young readers.

Murphy also created Lost Tales, a comics series that reinterprets unusual folktales from around the world. Lost Tales was nominated for a Blue Peter Book Award and won the British Comics Awards Young People’s category in 2016.