Jan Merry

Jan Merry is a fiction and feature writer, published throughout Australia and the United States. Her stories explore the connections between art, history and literature while her feature writing ranges from social issues to travel.

Jan was born in Melbourne, Australia, where she lectured in American and Australian literature. She has lived in Scandinavia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa and London.

Read some of my published articles here:

Do you remember when The Happy Wanderer was top of the hit parade. They were innocent post war times when Baby Boomers were preparing to take over the world.

http://www.booksbywomen.org/ourstories/1954-the-year-of-the-stampede-jan-merry/

I'm often asked how and why I became a writer. Reading started me on this road. Reading and writing just go together, I find.

http://booksbywomen.org/writing-as-compulsion/#comment-6934

http://booksbywomen.org/inspirational-women-writers-by-jan-merry/