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. Shortly after,
she began developing and writing what would become
the “Order of the Seers” trilogy.
Cerece lives just outside of her hometown of
Washington, D.C., with her husband, two children and
the family dog, Yoda.