Background: Merle is the author of the Michael Parker series (Deputy-Once Upon A Time in Mississippi, A Ghostly Shade of Pale, A Rented World, and The Redeemed), drawn from his life as a deputy sheriff, undercover narcotics agent, First Captain in the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, and a security manager for a large telecom company. He has given interviews on Israel National Radio, Caravan to Midnight, KKLA, Media Mayhem, American Family Radio, Sirius Radio, IRN/USA News, CBS radio-Philadelphia, Mississippi Public Radio, Moody Radio, and countless local radio and TV stations.