Joni Murphy is a writer from Las Cruces, New Mexico.
She lives in New York City.

Barbara, Her third novel,
will be published by
Astra House in the U.S.
and Book*hug in Canada

March 25th, 2025

“Talking Animals is a scathing allegory about Capitalism starring an alpaca”

Slate

Talking Animals was published
August 4th, 2020
by FSG Originals in the US,
Book*hug in Canada,
and Timaş Yayınları in Turkey

Double Teenage is a stunning first novel, moving with stealth and intelligence against the North American landscape.”

—Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick

Double Teenage was
published March 26th, 2016
by Book*hug