Merrick K. Williams is a writer from Long Island, NY. He studied Screenwriting at the New York Film Academy, and Christian Theology at the George Mercer Jr. Memorial School of Theology. His influences are Aristotle, Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, Billy Wilder, Agnes Nixon, Syd Field, Robert McKee, James Cone, and Richard Rohr.

Williams is a former copywriter at Charlotte Tilbury, Kevyn Aucoin Beauty, and Blushington. He is a freelance videographer, and a photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Living Church Magazine, Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa’s Jolly, and I Am Santa Claus (2014).

As a member of The Reparations Committee, a sub-committee of the Diocesan Council at The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Williams created The Barbara C. Harris Scholars Program for Truth and Reparations; named in reverence of the first woman consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Communion. He was appointed to the Task Force that Responds to the Opioid Epidemic; created by a resolution passed at the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church. Williams was a member of the Racial Justice & Reconciliation Commission until its dissolution during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a member of the New York State Poor People’s Campaign. Williams was awarded the inaugural Young Adult of the Year Award for Service Recognition by The Church Club of New York.