If you don’t count her 4.5 years at Texas Tech and one long, miserable winter onthe coast of Maine, Merritt is a lifelong Dallas-ite. She lives in the ParkCities where, even though she has been busy busting unregistered pedophiles andbreaking the national story about a Boy Scout troop kicking a volunteer dad tothe curb, she is really just known for an award winning column[https://www.scribd.com/doc/41089400/08-31-07-You-re-Not-the-Boss-of-Us-Dear-Volamom]she wrote in 2007 about a crazy PTA lady, the original Volamom.Over the years, Merritt has contributed to various local news outlets includingthe Dallas Morning News, Park Cities People and D Magazine. She gained anational following with her signature recaps of reality television shows, mostnotably Style Network’s Big Rich Texas.She is severely germaphobic, posts photos of her cat on Instagram, and judgeswomen based on their shoes and handbags.