Merry MaxwellMerry Maxwell studied at Humboldt State-Cal Poly University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor degree in Wildlife Management. She moved to Alaska after college and spent twenty years working for the National Wildlife Refuge System, mostly in-state. When she retired, she returned to Washington State, the place where she was born. She now lives in Washington's Methow Valley and writes with the valley's Confluence Poets. Read More Read Less