Edward S. Heyman wrote five novels after retiring at the age of seventy.  Born in Berkeley, California and raised in San Francisco, he matriculated through the San Francisco public school system.  After Pearl Harbor, Edward, at age eighteen, opted to volunteer for the U.S. Marine Corps.  He served for three and a half years, most of that time on the Solomon Islands and other islands in the South Pacific.  When the war ended, Sergeant Heyman received an honorable discharge and returned to San Francisco.  Two years at San Francisco Junior College, marriage to Adele Reinisch, also a college student, one year at University of Southern California, another year at U.C. Santa Barbara, and then the world of business.  

 In 1963 Ed, as he prefers to be called, and his friend Jim McKenna opened a marketing business associated with the trucking industry.  During his business years Edward studied law and qualified to take the California State Bar Examination.  When he had to choose between leaving his successful business or becoming a forty year old beginning attorney, he opted for his business and never looked back.

 Ed and Adele (she died in 2005) travelled to many parts of the world, sometimes only with the necessities on their backs or in their hands.  They cruised and raced their own sailboats and later chartered bareboat sailboats in Caribbean and Tahitian waters.  He stayed in shape by playing racquet ball and tennis, and was always an avid golfer.  These days he walks a half mile to a mile at the Marine Corps pace instilled into his mind at Boot Camp so many years ago.  He reads on his Kindle, and enjoys driving to explore the countryside, good food and interesting companions.

His basic writing philosophy is to "write a novel that is easy to read, has interesting characters and a challenging plot.”  He adds, “Buried in every novel of mine is material that I hope will enhance the readers knowledge and perhaps will provoke some thoughts about their own philosophy of living in today’s world.”  He believes that he was born to write, but it took him a long time to realize it. 

He loves to hear from readers. Look at his website, Edward Heyman, Novelist and send Ed your opinion of his work. You should get a reply even if you hated every word.