Merle Turner is a retired academic with a background in Experimental Psychology and the Philosophy of Science. If called upon to append a label to himself he would reach into literary tradition to style himself a "romantic realist." i.e. the admixture of invention and realism. When asked if there is a single theme that might percolate through his stories, he responded that "ventures into quandary" might come close. He is the author of Psychology and the Philosophy of Science :; Philosophy and the Science of Behavior ;Realism and the Explanation of Behavior ; and in his search for romance, Celestial for the Cruising Navigator. Other publications include two collections of Quatroons (quatrains illustrated by a cartoon).
