Biography

CAROL HEYER is a resident of Thousand Oaks California and is a full time illustrator and writer. Heyer has demonstrated computer art and worked for a movie production company as production designer and writer of feature films. "THUNDER RUN," a script that she co-wrote with Charles Davis was produced by Lynn/Wenger Productions and released by Cannon Films.

Heyer left the Production Company to pursue a career as a freelance artist and writer. One of Heyer's specialties is children's books. She has retold and illustrated numerous books and faerie tales, among them, "THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD", "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST", "THE EASTER STORY", and "ROBIN HOOD". Heyer has won awards for her children's art from; The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, The Carnegie Art Institute, and The Society of Illustrators LA. To date well over one million of her books have been sold.

Another of her specialties is high fantasy. Heyer's art has appeared on everything from book covers to bookmarks. She has done work for BAEN BOOKS, EASTON PRESS, TSR, INC., and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Her sci-fi and fantasy art has won awards from Spectrum, The International Competition for Fantastic Art, Print's Regional Design Annual, and The Society of Illustrators LA. Her work has been nominated twice for a Chesley Award from The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

Heyer also works in the mystery genre and has garnered recognition for her various magazine and cover paintings.

Heyer's favorite genre is fantasy. She attributes her interest in faerie tales to the stories that her mother told her as a child and to the freedom of imagination that make believe worlds allow. As Heyer said, "I love fantasy so completely because these worlds, characters and creatures can be painted anyway that you choose to see them. After all, no one can tell you your dragon is wrong!"

Her father and mother, William J. and Merlyn M. Heyer were great influences in their daughter's life. Heyer credits the success of her freelance career to the support her parents gave her. This support in turn allowed her to take "the road less traveled, which has made all the difference" and, the most wonderful thing of all, the opportunity to write and paint the things she loves.

Heyer graduated from CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY. Her biography is included in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, WHO'S WHO IN THE WEST, CONTEMPORARY AUTHOR'S, etc. Her fantasy and science fiction art is represented by Jane Frank at Worlds of Wonder.