About

Devan Murphy is a Pushcart-nominated writer, illustrator, and editor based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of I'm not I'm not I'm not a baby (Ethel Press 2024)—a collection of prose poems, abstract comics, and short essays about God and loneliness—and In the Mezzanine, the winner of YesYes Book's 2025 Vinyl 45 chapbook competition.

Devan holds an MA in English Literature from Ohio University as well as a BA in English from The University of Akron. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in Electric Literature, The Iowa Review, The Guardian, and elsewhere, and her visual art has been shown in galleries throughout the Pittsburgh region, including SPACE, Concept, You Are Here, and the Irma Freeman Center for Imagination.

A Northeast Ohio native, she now lives in Pittsburgh, where she writes wikiHow articles and personality quizzes for a living. To get in touch with Devan about her writing or visual art, or to inquire about purchasing prints or original artwork, please reach out through Instagram or the form below.

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