Education

Merrill Hatlen paid his dues as a writer by typing his first novel on a manual Smith Corona. He subsequently embraced the digital age as a filmmaker, photographer and writer. The course of his life was altered by spending three years in France, inspiring six novels and two screenplays. He recently completed a documentary on the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, “Around the World in 4 Days.” He also published a novel, “The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare’s Lost Years.”