Herb Heiman
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“Theater was my great love in my early years…it continues to be my passion. Majoring in Theater Arts at UCLA and Indiana University gave me the skills to be employed in radio as a commercial writer, personality, and later, executive at stations KQV (Pittsburgh) and KRLA (Los Angeles). Following this stint in radio, I produced/promoted records for several recording companies on the West Coast.

My family moved to rural Oregon, (Bend) in the 70’s where I became a “back to the land” farmer. However, my love of performance lured me back, and I became a full time professional pantomime artist. I worked at all levels of schools for over 15 years, entertaining upwards of 300,000 kids.

After hanging up my slippers, I found a natural spot as an assistant instructor for Middle School Special Education students in our new location, southern Oregon, or more specifically in Talent, a suburb of Ashland. Days were spent at school; nights were spent seeing and reviewing community plays, as well as those performed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I reviewed and interviewed for about 15 years.

For the past six years I have become the writer and producer of educational TV and taped shows for the Southern Oregon Educational Services network.

Inspired by my close proximity to youngsters with special needs, I determined to turn my skills to creating a fiction novel. This has taken shape as Running on Dreams, soon to be published by AAPC.

My wife and I have three sons and five grandchildren and love the rural, laid-back life of this art/agriculturally-blended community.”

Running on Dreams