Bernadette Murphy

@bernadetmurphy.bsky.social

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Author at Spiegel & Grau + others. NYT-bestselling collaborative writer. First/bio mom, advocating for reproductive justice.

Book jacket with title "What Kind of Mother" shows a damaged frame that's been somewhat pieced back together against a peachy background and with pink typeface.

View out onto the harbor from island-side hotel.

"All the goodness and heroisms will rise up again, then be cut down again and rise up. It isn't that the evil thing wins -- it never will -- but that id doesn't die." -- John Steinbeck letter to Pascal Covici, Jan. 1, 1941

Me with my yellow Santa Cruz mountain bike in front of a mountain range that is still topped with snow. It's sunny and the sky is blue.

Poster that says "Hands Off! Education, Science, Reproductive Rights, Social Security, Healthcare, The Arts, Libraries. It's So Bad, Even This Introvert Is Here!"

Snowy hillside with a grove of bare quaking aspens.