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Tim Merriman

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in Vandalia, Illinois, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Children's Books, Professional & Technical

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January 2008

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Writing has always been a strong interest for me but time and the maturity to write well has come later in life. Lisa Brochu and I work together, write as a team and were married in 2008. Since 2002, we have written four non-fiction books in the area of heritage interpretation and one work of fiction, The Leopard Tree.

In the 1970's I published several children's plays in Scott Foresman readers. I wrote my first novel then and queried diverse publishers, building my file of rejection letters. Somewhere around 24 or so I quit sending the queries. I really plunged deeper into my work then. I was an environmental educator at Southern Illinois University's Touch of Nature. Then I was a park ranger/interpreter at Giant City State Park in Makanda ...more

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	The Leopard Tree by Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience with Heritage Resources by Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience to Heritage Resources by Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author), Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free-Choice Learning and the Environment by John H. Falk (Editor), Joe E. Heimlich (Editor), Susan Foutz (Editor) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Management of Interpretive Sites: Developing Sustainable Operations Through Effective Leadership by Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author) 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Heritage: Interpretation in the United States by Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The St. James's miscellany, or the citizens amusement being a new and curious collection, of many amorous tales humourous poems, diverting epitaphs, ... songs, &c. By Tim. Merriman, Esq. ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpretación Personal (National Association for Interpretation) by Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Tim Merriman (Goodreads Author), Lisa Brochu (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

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