Meredith Rutter Marple is my pen name, with Rutter being my legal name and Marple being the name of my deceased husband, who would have loved knowing I'm finally making use of it. I graduated from Tufts U. with a major in zoology but never did pursue science as a career. My professional history includes management in both educational publishing and tradebook publishing. I started down the authoring path in 2009, and it has proven to be an excellent retirement activity - just so long as I don't assume an income large enough to live on.