Author · 1942–2010
Judith Merkle Riley
Judith Merkle Riley was a novelist (1942–2010). Born in Brunswick.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Judith Merkle Riley, mostly witch fiction, historical fiction and occult fiction. They span 1988 to 1994. The most-read is The Oracle Glass (1994).
Books by Judith Merkle Riley
The Oracle Glass
Judith Merkle Riley
A Vision of Light
Judith Merkle Riley
Biography
Judith Astria Merkle was born on January 14, 1942 and on Livermore, California, U.S.A., where she grew up. Her great-grandfather was a Swiss emigrant, who moved to the United States in 1860. Her uncle-abue was the famous player of baseball Fred Merkle. Her father, Theodore Charles Merkle was contralador of the Project Pluto and her brother Ralph C. Merkle is technological professor in a Computer science School. Judith Astria Merkle holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and teaches in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. Married with Mr. Riley, she wrote as Judith Merkle Riley six historical and romance novels.