Lynne Murphy was born and raised in Saskatchewan. The province figures in much of her writing. She was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and Carleton University and later worked as a journalist in print and radio.

Her short fiction has been published by Sisters in Crime, Toronto; the Mesdames of Mayhem, and Carrick Publishing.

She lives in Toronto where she is a founding member of the Sisters in Crime Toronto Chapter, the Mesdames of Mayhem and Crime Writers of Canada.