John Merryfield is a poet, surfer, and co-author of the book, Vegan 1 Day: Stories of Living the Good Life, and Fish Out Of Water: Writings from the Edge. He has appeared on Outside TV, and Tahoe TV, and is also a contributor to the Moonshine Ink, Sierra Sun, Simply Haiku journal, Notes from the Gean journal, and the Elephant journal. He lives with his wife Carol in Kings Beach, California and Buenavista, Baja, Mexico.