Merle DrownA native of Northern New England, Merle Drown has written stories, essays, plays, reviews, and three novels. He edited Meteor in the Madhouse, the posthumous novellas of Leon Forrest. He took his bachelor's degree at Macalester College. He received hs MFA from Goddard College, where his mentors were Richard Rhodes, Richard Ford, and John Irving--back when we were all young. (He hit the trifecta.) He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NH Arts Council. The father of three sons, he mostly lives in Concord, N.H. and Toronto. A hunter-gatherer, he writes, teaches, and freelance edits. He is currently working on a new novel. Read More Read Less