Merrill Hatlen

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Merrill Hatlen is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and writer; he paid his dues by typing his first novel on a manual Smith Corona. The course of his life was altered by spending three years in France, inspiring five novels, two screenplays, and a stage play. His most recent novel is The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare’s Lost Years, published by Burton Mayer Books (UK).

Publications & Prizes

Book:
The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare's Lost Years (Burton Mayers Books, 2022)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ross Gay Niall Williams Louise Erdrich Nathaniel Hawthorne Robert Louis Stevenson Kurt Vonnegut John le Carré Mark Twain Herman Hesse Lynne Olson
What I'm reading now: 
Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Pasadena, CA
California
Raised in: 
Santa Barbara, CA
California
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Last update: May 31, 2024