EN HEIM: Fascinated by his grandmother's life she told him, he wanted to write her intriguing tales. Why, he was not a writer? Her stories caught his imagination. In his head, they whirled and twisted as though they were real. His education was in art and design, not in writing. While studying at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (now Cal-Arts), he developed a passion for illustration and design.. It represented his storytelling style.. During his military duty, he drafted and illustrated a fable. The writing was an initial endeavor.. Following his obligation in the service, he presented the story to his aunt who praised it as a delightful tale with profound truths. She insisted he publish it. But as time passed, he forgot about the little gem, and it became absorbed in memory.

Following his military service, he excelled as a designer in publication design. The urge to write strengthened. In the 1980s Otis Art College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, ask him to teach a class. Working with computers at Otis, he bought his first Mac, and his writing began, and hasn’t stopped since. His twelve years ended at Otis when he and wife took positions in Germany. During that time, he wrote many short stories of his experiences and especially the struggles of his German friends. Many are the bases of his novels. Since he started writing, he self-published 8 books.