Judith Merkle Riley | |
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| Born | Judith Astria Merkle January 14, 1942 Brunswick, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | September 12, 2010 (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) |
Judith Merkle Riley (January 14, 1942 – September 12, 2010) was an American writer, teacher and academic who wrote six historical romance novels.
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]
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