Getting to know Teri Hall
Title: Program coordinator for the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø theatre and dance department
What do you love most about your department? “The drama. Well, no, not really. Truthfully, I love the creativity and the students are so enthusiastic about the curriculum offered.”
Years at Western: First year at Western. Previously worked at Whatcom Community College.
Originally from: Washington state
Other job: When she is not at the office working with students, she is a novelist. She has written seven books total, including “The Line” (Dial, 2010) and “Away” (Dial, 2012).
Favorite Quote: “You can’t live well by a single quote.”
Favorite Bellingham location: My house, with friends.
Most memorable vacation: “A recent weekend on San Juan where I enjoyed wonderful friends, a tranquil forest, a camel, ravens and wine.”
Favorite ²ÝÁñÉçÇø memory: “Still to come, I hope.”
Currently reading/watching: Rereading “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro and watching “The Walking Dead.”
Projects currently working on: “I just wrote a new novel called ‘New Zapata,’ after watching way too much election coverage and getting a bit peeved. It’s set 40 years from now (40 years ago was Roe vs. Wade), Texas has seceded (again), and divorce, birth control and abortion are illegal. It’s and . I’m getting some interesting hate mail.”
Awards/recognitions: “‘The Line’ was chosen as an IRA/CBC Children’s Choice and has been taught in college, high school and middle school classes nationwide. I love doing classroom visits and having the ‘what would you do’ discussions we inevitably have.”