Merle Good
Merle Good is an American author and publisher born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his 1971 novel Happy as the Grass was Green, an important work of American Mennonite literature, which was adapted into the film Hazel's People.
Career
Good is the author of several books including Happy as the Grass was Green, These People Mine, Today Pop Goes Home, Going Places, Surviving Failure , and Christine’s Turn. He has also written numerous children's books and some works of non-fiction.Good is the also the founder of Good Enterprises, which publishes cookbooks, how-to books, and other books with Mennonite and Amish themes.
In 2018, he started a new publishing company Walnut Street Books.