Merry Muhsman grew up in rural Nebraska. At an early age, she wrote stories on Sunday afternoons under a tree on her parent’s farm. She has never given up her dream to write and has worked on Peddler’s Trials for seven years. Merry earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in History and English from Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska. Spending a short time living in Iowa, she met up with the Siouxland Writer’s Group, who helped Donnivus come to the written page. Eventually, she moved back to Nebraska.  Merry and her husband and son live in rural Nebraska where she continues to write on Sunday afternoons.