383 Jill G Hall: Shaped by her Past: Creativity Unleashed

383 Jill G Hall: Shaped by her Past: Creativity Unleashed

From Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined by Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau

June 2, 2026 · 28 min · Season 7 · Episode 383

About this episode

Jill G. Hall discusses her journey as an author and artist, inspired by the life of Katherine Tingley.

Author and artist Jill G. Hall, 71, joins us with her luminous new novel On a Sundown Sea, inspired by the mysteries surrounding the visionary woman who built Lomaland—a utopian community near the home Jill grew up in. Fascinated since childhood by the stories whispered throughout her neighborhood, for more than a century, Hall spent five years researching the extraordinary life of Katherine Tingley, tracing her journey from Massachusetts roots to her profound spiritual and artistic influence on the West Coast. When Jill began writing after a twenty-year career as an educator, she never imagined she would become a novelist. Joining a prompt-writing group, she initially thought she might write children’s books or a memoir about teaching. Instead, unexpected characters began appearing on the page. Jill kept writing, and ten years later, when she was sixty, her debut novel, The Black Velvet Coat, was published. Two more novels completed the Anne McFarland Series with The Silver Shoes and The Green Lace Corset. Jill has always been creative. Along the way, she’d been shaped by a series of mentors: her grandmother, a beloved fifth-grade teacher who nurtured her love of the humanities…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gail Zelitzky, Catherine Marienau

Guest: Jill G. Hall

Topics covered

  • creativity
  • writing
  • art
  • mentorship
  • personal growth

Keywords

  • Jill G. Hall
  • Katherine Tingley
  • novel
  • creativity
  • mentorship
  • art
  • writing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: On a Sundown Sea, The Black Velvet Coat, The Silver Shoes, The Green Lace Corset

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