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Judith Merkle Riley (January 14, 1942 – September 12, 2010) was an American writer, teacher and academic who wrote six historical romance novels.

Judith Merkle Riley
Born	Judith Astria Merkle (1942-01-14)January 14, 1942 Brunswick, Maine, U.S.
Died	September 12, 2010(2010-09-12) (aged 68) Claremont, California, U.S.
Pen name	Judith Merkle Riley
Occupation	Teacher, novelist
Period	1988–1999
Genre	Historical fiction
Children	2
Relatives	Fred Merkle (great-uncle) Ralph C. Merkle (brother)

Biography

Judith Astria Merkle was born in 1942 and grew up in Livermore, California. Her great-uncle was baseball player Fred Merkle. Her father, Theodore Charles Merkle, ran Project Pluto, and her brothers, Ted Merkle DVM is a well respected veterinarian serving Shasta County, Ralph is a pioneer in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics. She held a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and taught in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.[1]

She wrote six historical fiction novels, starting in 1988.[1]

She was married and had two children, a daughter Elizabeth and a son Marlow.[1]

Riley died on September 12, 2010 from ovarian cancer.[1]

Bibliography

Medieval World of Margaret of Ashbury series

1. A Vision of Light (1988) ISBN 978-0307237873
2. In Pursuit of the Green Lion (1990) ISBN 978-0307237880
3. The Water-devil (2007) ISBN 978-0307237897

Single novels

• The Oracle Glass (1994) ISBN 978-1402270581
• The Serpent Garden (1996) ISBN 978-0307395368
• The Master of All Desires (1999) ISBN 978-1402270611

References

External links

• Judith Merkle Riley in Fantastic Fiction

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