I am an author. I'm thrilled to announce that my novel, SEA, the story of a California teenager's life-changing adventure at a post-tsunami orphanage, recently sold to G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin Young Readers Group.) SEA will debut in hardcover most-likely summer 2009. I'm represented by the fabulous Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency.

I earned a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing for Children from The New School in New York City in 2001 and a Bachelors degree in Literature/Creative Writing in 1994. UC Santa Cruz press published my young adult short story, “Dear Mr. Moon,” in 1994 after winning an award for best short story. While living in New York, I created a memoir based on true love stories from elderly people titled, When They Talk About Love, Stories from a Nursing Home, which received high praises in the local press. Since 1994, my numerous theatrical plays for young people— both adapted and original—were produced in Northern California and New York. I’ve taught creative writing classes in Northern California and was a guest lecturer at Santa Clara University in a children’s literature class. I'm a member SCBWI.

Though SEA is a work of fiction, my physician husband did volunteer his time at an Indonesian pesantren working with children orphaned by the tsunami. To see pictures of the amazing young adults he worked with, please click on the humanitarian projects.

For questions or comments please visit my blog at: http://seaheidi.livejournal.com and come friend me at www.myspace.com/seaheidi or simply email me at: heidi@seaheidi.com

Thanks for coming to sea me!