Warm Morning

Susan Merrill began writing this book because Lyn Austin of the Music-Theatre Group forgot that Susan was a painter, not a writer, and insisted she read a story for a “Berkshire Writers” evening. The experiment was a success, and Susan began writing down her family stories for her daughter Daisy. Then Gail Ryan, owner of the Williamsville Inn, asked Susan to be part of a series of storyteller dinners. These readings proved wildly popular and were a regular event at the Inn for several years. Susan continues to read her stories aloud for many audiences – most recently for the Berkshire Theatre Festival’s “Stories for a Sunday Afternoon”. As the stories accumulated, they turned into this book - Warm Morning. Susan is currently working on a companion volume about summers in Stockbridge - Cool Evening.