 Merrill Gilfillan

Merrill Daniel Gilfillan (born 14 May 1945) is an American writer of poetry, short fiction, and essays.Gilfillan was born and raised in Mount Gilead, Ohio, where his outdoorsman father (Merrill C. Gilfillan) worked as a naturalist for the state's Department of Natural Resources and helped inspire an early fascination with the natural world and its creatures.