ILLUMINATION Writers
Interview with Jeff Hanlon
Featuring creative writers of ILLUMINATION
Purpose of the Story
In this story, I share with you an interview that I conducted with Jeff Hanlon. I met Jeff recently on ILLUMINATION.
As a new writer, Jeff quickly gained visibility and recognition from your writers and readers due to his fascinating stories and active engagement on our collaboration tool Slack.
Let’s discover his fascinating life story in this interview.
Tell us a bit about your background, Jeff.
I was born in a SoCal beach community, which may explain my lifelong attraction to all things sand and sea. When I was eight years old my family bought a ranch in Oregon and we moved there. How exciting! Tractors! Trucks! Cows! It was remote, atop a small mountain, end of the gravel road.
I was the student farthest from school — 22 miles. The school bus got within a mile and a half of our home. Three hours a day on that bus. I don’t much ride busses anymore.
I attended four fairly prestigious colleges, graduated from none of them (although I did almost accidentally burn a dorm to the ground — long story). I was too impatient to make my…
