Merikay McLeod: Writer | Author | Traveler
Welcome to my website
Here you’ll find books, essays and other writings of mine that I trust will bring you enjoyment, encouragement, and perhaps a few new ideas or possibilities.
I’ve been writing for publication for half a century and through the decades have relished seeing my by-line in national, regional and local publications. Awards have followed from The National Federation of Press Women, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the International Angel Awards, the Seven Sisters Book Awards, Wishing Shelf Book Awards and others.
I’m told that I should describe myself in detail so that people will feel they know me. But, whenever I think of describing myself, the following Emily Dickinson poem springs to mind:
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you a Nobody too?
Then there's two of us! Shhhh!
Don’t tell! they'll banish us you know.
How dreary to be Somebody!
How public, like a Frog
To tell your name the livelong day
to an admiring Bog!
Let me simply say: I’m a happily married writer trying to be a good human being. I live and travel with my Sweetheart husband.
I’ve enjoyed all the places I’ve called home from Kalamazoo to Seattle, San Jose, Monterey, Angels Camp, and most recently to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
My work has been published under the names of Merikay McLeod, Sunny Merik and Sunny Lockwood.
I hope you’ll check out my books and other works.
Merikay McLeod
Writer | Author | Traveler