Kent Merritt is an author, screenwriter, and songwriter. He toiled in and around Hollywood for decades trying desperately to find someone to take his screenplays seriously and turn them into major motion picture blockbusters, but it never happened. He then worked as a ghostwriter on a few screenplays for an independent film production company in Studio City, California, hoping they would be turned into major motion picture blockbusters, but it never happened. So, he left Hollywood and returned to his home state of Oklahoma where he now lives with more realistic dreams. He switched gears and started writing and self-publishing his own books in the hopes that someday, someone in Hollywood would read one of his books and turn it into a major motion picture blockbuster. It has yet to happen.
His first book, The Zen Christian, documents his spiritual journey as a seeker of truth and wisdom and explains how combining zen meditation techniques with prayer can be an effective process in enriching the Christian walk.
His most recent book, I, Of The Storm, is his first full-length novel, a comedy combining elements of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and Elvis Presley mood rings. He believes it would be a perfect book to be turned into a major motion picture blockbuster.
Influenced by writers as diverse as Ray Bradbury, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, and Groucho Marx, Kent continues to seek new ways to keep his dream alive.
