1946
Born to Lloyd Henry Hoff and Clementine Catlin (Elmer) Hoff in Portland, OR.
1973
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Evergreen State College.
1982
Authors “The Tao of Pooh,” which was listed on the New York Times Bestseller list for 49 weeks.
1986
Authors the biography, “The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Rediscovered Diary of Opal Whiteley.”
1988
Receives an American Book Award for “The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow.”
1992
Authors “The Te of Piglet,” which was listed on the New York Times Bestseller list for 59 weeks.
1994
Is listed in the American Booksellers Association newsletter as one of America’s top bestselling paperback authors.
2010
“The Tao of Pooh” is selected among 75 books to be featured in Penguin Books’ printed promotions and public displays for their 75th anniversary celebration.
2018
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.
2021
Authors “The Eternal Tao Te Ching.”