Loa Maren is a character in Isaac Asimov's Pebble in the Sky.
Biography[]
Loa Maren is the wife of the the farmer Arbin Maren. She lives with him and her father Grew on their farm on the outer rim of Chica. The couple gives shelter to Joseph Schwartz who appeared out of nowhere about their doorstep one night. After a short while they decide not to report the new arrival and take advantage of him as a farmworker to compensate for the lost workforce of Grew.