Catholic Fiction

John is the in-house illustrator and cover designer for Idylls Press in Oregon. He grew up in Wisconsin, however, where the harsh winters allowed for plenty of indoor leisure time to read and draw. He recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Oregon’s Clark Honors College with a B.A. in Art History and received the 2005-2006 U of O Undergraduate Library Research Award for his paper, Pozzo’s Perspective: Visual Hagiography in the Church of St. Ignatius, Rome. He is currently teaching Art History at Western Oregon University.

View samples of John’s book covers and illustrations:

• Wolfproof
• The Man Who Was Thursday

Many of John’s famous author art prints are available through Idylls Press as 8 x10 and 11 x 14 prints. Our cafepress store has many of John’s portrait designs for sale on clothing and household items. Besides his author portraits, John has done portraits of famous musicians, available for view at johnmurphyart.com.

Along more literary lines, besides his book reviews for Catholicfiction.net, John is also a frequent contributor of Shakespeare-on-film reviews for bardolatry, and film reviews for Godspy and Catholic Movies Online. His favorite Catholic novel is Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory.

Here are a sample of John’s book reviews on Catholicfiction.net:

• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
• The Cardinal’s Snuff-Box by Henry Harland
• Souls and Bodies by David Lodge
• The Moviegoer by Walker Percy