2 Quotes & Sayings By Rita Murphy
Rita Murphy is the author of "The Little Lady", a collection of stories about growing up in South Africa under apartheid. Rita has been described as "a unique and powerful writer" by the New York Times, and her work has been included in several anthologies and in the collections "Africa Writes: A Celebration of African Writing in English" and "Transformation: The Power of Stories in a World Gone Mad". A resident of New York City, she was born in Johannesburg and received her B.A. in English from the University of Natal (South Africa), her M.A
from Cambridge University (England) and her Ph.D. from Columbia University (USA). She has worked as a teacher, editor, journalist, and college professor, and is currently an associate professor at Fordham University where she teaches both creative writing and literature courses.
She is married to Howard Zinn (who was also a poet and author) and has two children: Alison (who is also an author) and Alexander (who is a musician).