About the Author

Lone Merrijoy

My father came up with this name. In his honor I keep it on my books.

Talk was he wanted triplets: Merrijoy, MaryAnn, and Mary Lou. I’m sure my sister Melody is thankful they discontinued this pattern after me. Out of nine children, 7 boys and 2 girls I am the #5 middle child and you know what they say about middle children. The lost child. My ah-ha moment came when I was told at workshop to draw my family. I moaned since everyone else only had a few to draw and as I counted the stick figures including one for my Mom and Dad I only had eight out of the nine to which I found myself saying aloud, “Do we have to include ourselves?” Well this lost child went off to University of Washington and began writing a Young Adult book called, Lone Falcon.