Hans Lillegard is a writer/translator who has published a dozen times along with a translation and a couple of poems in Russian. He is a big fan of Haldor Laxness (who won a Nobel prize with the book 'I(independent People,') He likes to watch the PBS Newshour He has attended three community colleges (which he thinks are the backbone of american education... DesMoines Area Community College. North Seattle Community College and Seattle Central Community College) and two state universities including the University of Iowa and the University of Washington.