Oran Canfield is the son of Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. He has held jobs as a bike messenger, piano restorer, housecleaner and limo drive. Early in 2000, after seven separate stints in rehab, he got clean off drugs after attending an experimental treatment centre in the Virgin Islands. He currently lives in Brooklyn and works as a freelance art installer for art galleries and designer Donna Karan. He is also invoived in the underground experiemental music and arts community and performs as a drummer in his band.
