Emily Bain Murphy is a critically acclaimed author of books for adults and young adults. She was born in Indiana and raised in Hong Kong and Japan. She graduated from Tufts University and has also called Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California home.
Murphy is the author of the YA fantasies The Disappearances, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and Splinters of Scarlet, which received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Bookpage and was nominated for the MASL Truman Readers’ Award. Both are available now from HarperCollins.
Murphy’s adult historical mystery Enchanted Hill is available now from Union Square and Co./Hachette. Ivory City, a standalone adult historical mystery set at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, will be published in November 2025 from Union Square and Co./Hachette.
Murphy is represented by Peter Knapp at Park, Fine & Brower Literary and Media. She currently lives in the St. Louis area with her husband, three children, and a rescue bunny. Find her online at Instagram @emilybainmurphy and Facebook @emilybainmurphy.
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Enchanted Hill
ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION
Escape to Enchanted Hill in this historical mystery where two people with a dark, shared past collide while working undercover at a glittering mansion on the California coast.
“A breathtaking ride of redemption and revenge.” - NYT Bestselling Author Rhys Bowen
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Splinters of Scarlet
YA HISTORICAL FANTASY
Downton Abbey meets Frozen in this 19th-century magical mystery set in Denmark.
“Extraordinary.” - School Library Journal, starred review
“I loved this spellbinding book!” - Rebecca Ross, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Divine Rivals
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The Disappearances
YA HISTORICAL FANTASY
Every seven years in the town of Sterling, something that makes life beautiful disappears, and 15-year-old Aila Quinn has to decipher the clues her mother left in an old Shakespeare book to figure out why.
“I adored this book!” - Stephanie Garber, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Once Upon a Broken Heart and the Caraval series
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