J. Marc. Merrill

J. Marc. Merrill was born in 1941 in Thatcher, Arizona, but grew up in Coolidge, a small town midway between Phoenix and Tucson. He began writing fiction while a freshman at Coolidge High School, and progressed from short stories to novels, stage plays, screenplays and nonfiction. He has taught English at five colleges, including Arizona State University and Kauai Community College in Hawaii.