Joy Merrifield

Joy is a freelance writer originally from rural Arkansas. She has worked in the style department of Real Simple, traveled the world on a shoestring budget, and co-written a book about the intersection of design and DJ culture. She is an enthusiastic, if amateur, pescatarian cook, fosters kittens and guinea pigs, and has a passion for art, design, music, and technology, and the ways they overlap and inform each other.

Highlights 

• Joy has been writing for The Spruce since December 2018
• She has written for City Magazine, BUST, Overspray, and Planet Mag
• She has a B.A. in creative writing from Florida State University