Joan Murray

Joan Murray
Born (1945-08-06) August 6, 1945 (age 79)
New York City, New York, United States
OccupationPoet, writer, editor, playwright

Joan Murray (born August 6, 1945) is an American poet, writer, playwright and editor. She is best known for her narrative poems, particularly her book-length novel-in-verse, Queen of the Mist; her collection Looking for the Parade which won the National Poetry Series Open Competition, and her New and Selected Poems volume, Swimming for the Ark, which was chosen as the inaugural volume in White Pine Press's Distinguished Poets Series.