Kevin Andrew Murphy is an American novelist and game writer from Northern California.

He has written gamebooks for Steve Jackson Games and White Wolf.

He is one of the contributors to the Wild Cards book series edited by George R. R. Martin.

He wrote the essay "Unseen Horrors and Shadowy Manipulations" in the compilation Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show.

[1] In a review in School Library Journal, Christine C. Menefee says his essay "documents instances of censorship and the attempts of network and advertisers to reshape Buffy to suit their purposes.