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Born in Ireland, she graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor in French and Philosophy, and studied at the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines in Lyon before getting her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University.
She is also known for applying story design principles to corporate and non-profit brand and impact strategy. Murray is also a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles professional program in screenwriting, where she studied under Chairman Richard Walter. She is the author of From Plato to Lancelot: A Preface to Chretien de Troyes (Syracuse Uttar Pradesh, 2008). and "Basics of Story Design: Twenty Steps to an Insanely Great Screenplay" published in the Nibbles Series in 2016.
She teaches great texts and film making at Baylor University as an "Associate Professor of Great Texts and Creative Writing."
In recent years, Murray"s research has focused on the art of storytelling and the importance of story in shaping culture.
In 2014, she launched the free story worksheet to empower screenwriters and writers to tell great stories. In just eight weeks, it went viral in 135 countries.
This led to her 2014 TEDx on insanely great storytelling in San Antonio and a second TEDx in Santa Cruz on storytelling ethics, entitled "Write and Wrong.".
