Sally-Ann Murray

• Name — Sally-Ann Murray • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Durban, South Africa • Occupation — Author and lecturer • Language — English • Education — University of Natal • Genre — Poetry, fiction, academic research • Notable Works — Small Moving Parts • Awards — M-Net Prize, Sanlam Award, Arthur Nortje/Vita Award, Herman Charles Bosman Prize Sally-Ann Murray (born 1961) is an author from South Africa.

Murray was born in 1961 in Durban, South Africa, and attended the Durban Girls' High School. She received her MA and PhD from the University of Natal.

In 1992 Murray published her first anthology of poems entitled Shifting (Carrefour Press). Her second anthology, Open Season was published in 2006. Her first novel, Small Moving Parts, was published in 2009 by Kwela Books. Poetry by Murray has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including, Imagination in a Troubled Space. A South African Poetry Reader (2004) and The New Century of South African Poetry (2002). Murray has worked as a lecturer in the English Department of Stellenbosch University and University of KwaZulu-Natal. In addition to South African literature, Murray's research interests include environment, ecology, and cultural studies. She has contributed to academic journals including publishing in Critical Arts and English in Africa. Murray has been the chair of the Poetry Africa schools' poetry programme and is an adjudicator of the Douglas Livingstone Creative Writing Competition.