About: Jack Hamilton Simons
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- Profile
- Jack Hamilton Simons joined the U.S. Army’s airborne infantry despite having severe acrophobia. He went on to serve with the 5th Special Forces in Vietnam. Later he would become a pastor, graduate with an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and earn a Ph.D. in English. After several decades teaching university writing workshops (when he wasn't playing viola or practicing his tennis swing), Jack retired with his wife of more than 50 years to Phoenix, Arizona, where they enjoy playing snooker with an ever-expanding brood of grandchildren. He has two books of fiction forthcoming, a novella set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict and a supernatural adventure novel set in 1960s Texas. He also writes a weekly essay on Substack.