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Cecil "Cec" Murphey (born January 28, 1933) is an American writer, whose books are in categories such as nonfiction, biography, caregiving, memoir, fiction, and inspirational. He has best sellers to his credit, most notably 90 Minutes in Heaven, a collaboration with Don Piper, and a collaboration with Dr. Ben Carson. Murphey has also written books with other celebrities, such as football player Shaun Alexander, Franklin Graham and Bishop Eddie Long. Murphey is also a public speaker on such topics as Christianity, faith, male sexual abuse, caregiving, and writing.
After his discharge from the Navy, he did his undergraduate work in the Chicago area, receiving his Bachelor of Religious Education from Chicago Bible College and his BA in Education from Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College, while teaching sixth grade in the public schools of Waukegan.
In 1961, the Murpheys and their three children left for Kenya to do missionary. They returned to the United States in 1967, and Murphey entered Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and Clark Atlanta – now Clark Atlanta – studying at both simultaneously. In 1970 he graduated from both, receiving his MA in Education from Atlanta and his Master of Divinity from Columbia. That same year, he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church. From 1970 to 1972 he was a Ph.D. student at Emory University. In 1973, he began to teach part-time at Beulah Heights Bible College – now Beulah Heights University – where he taught, intermittently, for the next 25 years.
has sold more than 5 million copies, been printed in 26 languages, and appeared on the New York Times paperback bestseller list for 26 weeks. "New York Times Bestseller lists Paperback Non-Fiction Category" Since the initial publication of 90 Minutes in Heaven, three follow-up books have been released: Daily Devotions Inspired by 90 Minutes in Heaven and Heaven Is Real, also on the New York Times bestseller list, and Getting to Heaven: Departing Instructions for Your Life Now.
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