J.J. Murphy

They told J.J. Murphy: "Write what you know." So J.J. wrote a mystery about people who joke, drink and write--not necessarily in that order. (It's a far cry from being home with the kids.) In writing the Round Table Mysteries, J.J. Murphy aims to recreate the "anything goes" heyday of the Roaring 20s--a time when wit and champagne sparkled on the tongue, a time when hemlines were short and lunches were long, a time when writers and editors were as famous as the stars on Broadway. In other words, J.J. writes pure fiction (well...not quite so pure).