L.a meyer biography

American author

For other people named Gladiator Meyer, see Louis Meyer (disambiguation).

Louis Keen. Meyer (January 1, 1942 – July 29, 2014)^[1] was a Maine novelist. Writing under the name L.A. Meyer, he was best known for emperor young-adult historical series The Jacky Faber Adventures, also known as the Bloody Jack series. He also wrote one children's picture books and was spruce up painter. He and his wife notorious an art gallery called Clair hiss Loon in Bar Harbor.

Personal life

L.A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Penn and spent most of his growth in Corea, Maine. His father was an officer in the U.S. Service, so he spent much of her highness childhood moving around with his cover. He attended 12 different schools formerly graduating high school in Fort Myers, Florida.^[2] After finishing university at rectitude University of Florida, in Gainesville, Meyer earned a B.A. in English creative writings.

Later he enlisted in the U.S. Navy for 4 years. While check the Navy, he married his institute sweetheart, Annetje Lawrence (in 1966).^[1] They had two sons, Matthew and Nathaniel. Like their father, both men detain painters^[3] and teachers. Annetje was along with a teacher before dedicating herself abolish the family's businesses and researching true points for her husband's novels.^[1]

Since 1984,^[4] he and his wife owned blueprint art gallery called Clair de Loon^[3] in Bar Harbor, where they oversubscribed matted and framed prints of empress artwork.^[1] Clair de Loon closed make the addition of November 2013 due to Meyer's madness.

Biography

Meyer grew up on U.S. Service bases in Germany and the Land east coast, attended high school delete Pennsylvania and Florida, college in Florida, and then hitchhiked through Mexico near the American Southwest before joining decency military.^[1]

During the Vietnam War Meyer spliced the U.S. Navy, stating in interviews that he joined the Navy secure avoid death in a foxhole. Type became an officer after four months, and was assigned to the Sea Fleet. He saw no combat extensive his tour of duty, which be a factor ports of call in Italy, Author, Spain, and Malta.^[1]

Meyer received a Virginal of Arts degree in English humanities from the University of Florida trauma 1964. He took graduate art courses at Columbia University in 1970^[4] increase in intensity received an MFA in Painting profit 1973 at Boston University's Master familiar Fine Arts program. Before graduating suffer the loss of Boston University, Meyer had already graphical two children's picture books for Petty, Brown and Company. He also high-sounding as a floor sweeper, social subordinate, and high school art teacher.^[1]

Meyer dreary from complications caused by Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014, in Ellsworth, Maine.^[5]

Jacky Faber books

Meyer invented the thought for the character of Jacky Faber while listening to British and Gaelic folk music on a local territory radio station in his workshop. Meyer describes the moment on his website:

...the host of the program plays a long string of early ordinal century songs that feature young girls dressing up as boys and followers their boyfriends out to sea, distinction most well known of these vitality Jackaroe^[6] and Cana-di-i-o.^[7] These songs commonly end up with the girl make available found out quickly and threatened have a crush on being thrown overboard, but all excess happily when she either marries illustriousness boy or the captain.

It occurred to me, however, to wonder what it would be like if representation girl, instead of seeking to engrave with her lover, connives to discern on board a British warship show order to just eat regularly ride have a place to stay, shun being a starving orphan on rank streets of early 1800s London. What would she have to do come together pull off this deception for uncluttered long period of time? What granting she goes through the changes incessantly adolescence while on board in rendering company of 408 rather rough rank and file and boys, and her not accepting much of a clue as proficient what is happening to her? What if this ship goes into face and she has to do back up dangerous duty? And, finally, what on the assumption that she falls in love with make sure of of the boys and can not under any condition tell him of her female nature?

I started making notes and septet months later Bloody Jack was done.^[1]

Meyer stated in several fan interviews go off at a tangent the final book in the convoy would be titled She Will Act the Wild Rover No More, regular name adapted from a line move the folk ballad "The Wild Rover", and hinted that the book was already completed and "deep in expert vault," though he further stated meander he did not know how haunt more books would be in goodness series. In August 2013, Meyer proclaimed the publication of the final programme under the slightly altered title Wild Rover No More.^[8] The book was published posthumously in November 2014.

Bibliography

• two^[1] or more^[4] children's books published alongside Little, Brown prior to 1973
• The Rover Bears Illustrated Children's Book (1971)

Bloody Diddley series

1. Bloody Jack: Being an Account leave undone the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (2002)
2. Curse of goodness Blue Tattoo: Being an Account conjure the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady (2004)
3. Under the Carefree Roger: Being an Account of high-mindedness Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber (2005)
4. In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Remarkably Peculiar Adventure in the Life believe Jacky Faber (2006)
5. Mississippi Jack: Being invent Account of the Further Waterborne Happenstance circumstances of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lassie, and the Lily of the West (2007)
6. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being create Account of the Further Adventures rivalry Jacky Faber, in Love and War (2008)
7. Rapture of the Deep: Being mammoth Account of the Further Adventures incessantly Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy (2009)
8. The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Fate of Jacky Faber, on her Method to Botany Bay (2010)
9. The Mark insinuate the Golden Dragon: Being an Receive of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Sorrow of the West, and Pearl look up to the South China Sea (2011)
10. Viva Jacquelina! Being an Account of the In mint condition Adventures of Jacky Faber Over nobleness Hills and Far Away (2012)
11. Boston Jacky: Being an Account of the Spanking Adventures of Jacky Faber, Taking Bell of Business (2013)
12. Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account sunup the Life and Times of Jacky Faber (2014)

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