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American writer (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merle Good (born February 10, 1946) is an American author and publisher born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1] He is best known for his 1971 novel Happy as the Grass was Green, an important work of American Mennonite literature, which was adapted into the film Hazel's People.[2]
Merle Good | |
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Born | 1946 |
Occupation | writer, publisher |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Eastern Mennonite University |
Period | 1970s–present |
Notable works | Happy as the Grass Was Green |
Good is the author of several books including Happy as the Grass was Green (1971), These People Mine (1973), Today Pop Goes Home (1993), Going Places (1994), Surviving Failure (and a Few Successes) (2018), and Christine’s Turn (2022). He has also written numerous children's books and some works of non-fiction.
Good is the also the founder of Good Enterprises, which publishes cookbooks, how-to books, and other books with Mennonite and Amish themes.[3] In 2018, he started a new publishing company Walnut Street Books.[4]
Good grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and earned a BA at Eastern Mennonite College, now Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and a MDiv at Union Theological Seminary (New York City) in 1972.[5]