Cerece Rennie Murphy
Cerece Rennie Murphy fell in love with science fiction at the age of seven, watching “Empire Strikes
Back” at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., with her sister and mom. It’s a love affair that
has grown ever since. As an ardent fan of John Donne, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut and Alexander
Pope from an early age, Cerece began exploring her own creative writing through poetry. She
earned her master’s degrees in social work and international relations at Boston College and Johns
Hopkins School for Advance International Studies, respectively, and built a rewarding 15-year
career in program development, management and fundraising in the community and international
development arenas – all while appreciating the stories of human connection told in science fiction
through works like Octavia Butler’s “Wild Seed,” Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and “The X-Files.” In 2011,
Cerece experienced her own supernatural event - a vision of her first science fiction story.
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