Sheila E. Murphy is widely published as a poet, and her visual art and visual poetry are included in private and public places. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she co-founded and coordinated the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series for 12 years. The series emphasized commissioning poets to create original pieces in response to visual works included in traveling exhibitions.
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Murphy has lived in Phoenix, Arizona all of her adult life.