David Alan Hall ’87 and Jo Anna Grant ’88 have laser focus

Author David Alan Hall ’87 writes that wife Jo Anna Grant ’88 is trying to ensure that The Force will be with the Frogs always with her working, custom made, Star Wars light saber with a blazing purple laser blade.

Grant, who earned her PhD from the University of Oklahoma in 1996, was recently promoted to full professor at Cal State San Bernardino. Hall writes of her recent work: “In the face of critics, she developed with a partner an online public speaking course. It has been a huge success. She is sought after for her expertise in teaching it. Recently she was asked to start offering it to students overseas.”

Hall is now working on his ninth book, a novel about a father who comes to better understand himself through a commitment to better understanding his daughter, who suffers from autism.

His most recent book, Raw Talent: Nurturing the Creative Seed, an autobiography, was the No. 1 bestseller in December and January 2010 on the Kindle in the “Artists Memoir” category. In addition, one of his novels is under consideration at Paramount Pictures for adaptation to the big screen.

In his spare time, Hall makes short, personal videos, including one about his days at TCU and his life in general.

http://www.youtube.com/user/carabimero#p/u/1/8MOtSaImqJo

Hall and Grant live in Redlands, Calif., where they just bought their first house. They met at TCU in 1986. “In 2001 I arranged to meet her in the very spot I first saw her in Reed Hall, and surprised her by proposing. We have been married for 7 years,” Hall writes.

Books by David Alan Hall:

The Three-Pound Universe (1993)
Distant Connections (1995)
The Paradise Vendor (1998) (being considered for movie)
Toward Higher Ground (2001)
Perpetual Motion (2007)
The Great Crossing (2008)
Raw Talent (2009)