Jim Murphy (author)
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Jim Murphy is an American author of history books for children. He was awarded the Newbery Honor twice: in 2004 for An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and in 1996 for The Great Fire .
His first published book was Weird and Wacky Inventions in 1978.
He is married to author Alison Blank.