Jeanne Murray Walker was born in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota. She is the author of nine volumes of poetry, including Pilgrim, You Find the Path by Walking, and a memoir, The Geography of Memory. A former professor at The University of Delaware, she also served as a mentor in the Seattle Pacific University MFA Program. . She has taught with Gordon College's Program in Orvieto, Italy and at the Baylor Women's Correctional Institution in Delaware.