Judith Merkle Riley

Judith Merkle Riley
Born	Judith Astria Merkle January 14, 1942(1942-01-14) 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
Nationality	American
Period	1988-1999
Genres	Historical Fiction
Children	2
Relative(s)	Fred Merkle (great-uncle), Theodore Charles Merkle (father), Ralph C. Merkle (brother)

Judith Merkle Riley (January 14, 1942 — September 12, 2010) was a U.S. writer and academic who wrote six historical romance novels from 1988 to 1999.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life/death 3 Bibliography 3.1 Medieval Word of Margaret of Ashbury Series 3.2 Single novels 4 References

Biography

Judith Astria Merkle was born on January 14, 1942 and grew up in Livermore, California. Her great-uncle was the famous baseball player Fred Merkle, her father, Theodore Charles Merkle ran Project Pluto, and her brother Ralph C. Merkle 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. She taught in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. From 1988 to 2007, Judith wrote six historical fiction novels.

Personal life/death

She was married and had two children. She died on September 12, 2010 from ovarian cancer.^[1]

Bibliography

Medieval Word of Margaret of Ashbury Series

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

Single novels

• The Oracle Glass (1994)
• The Serpent Garden (1996)
• The Master of All Desires (1999)

References

• Judith Merkle Riley in FantasticFicton

Persondata
Name	Riley, Judith Merkle
Alternative names	Merkle, Judith Astria (birth name)
Short description	Novelist
Date of birth	January 14, 1942
Place of birth	Brunswick, Maine, U.S.
Date of death	September 12, 2010 (aged 68)
Place of death	Claremont, California, U.S.