Rudyard Kipling in Vermont ― Birthplace of the Jungle Books

Kipling's four productive years in Vermont comprise one of the most fascinating chapters in American literary history. Murray tells the tale with a splendid selection of Kipling's poems which help to bring his subjects to life. His generous use of quotations from letters, diaries, the press, and sundry other sources puts the reader personally into the vivid tapestry of the most productive period in the life of this world-renowned poet, novelist, teller of children's tales, essayist, and proud father.
- John A. Wallace, former Director of the School for International Training, Kipling Road, Brattleboro, Vermont

Stuart Murray has written twelve works of fiction and ten of nonfiction. Murray's nonfiction America's Song, the story of Yankee Doodle, was in Booklist's top ten books on music for 1999 and was awarded third place in the history category as ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year for 1999. Rudyard Kipling in Vermont was selected a national finalist in Independent Publisher's biography category in 1997. Having served as fiction editor for a leading book producer, Murray has worked on more than twenty historical novels, and with a number of best-selling authors.

A journalist, editor, and writer for more than twenty-five years, Murray loves with his family in New York's Hudson River Valley.