Judith Merkle Riley

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)

A Vision of Light, 1988/Dec

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

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 Ralph is a pioneer in public key cryptography. She earned a MA from Harvard University and 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

1. Dennis McClellan (September 22, 2010). "Judith Merkle Riley dies at 68; noted professor and author of bestselling historical novels". Los Angeles Times.

External links

• Judith Merkle Riley in Fantastic Fiction