Austin Gary
Born (1947-03-07) March 7, 1947
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation
GenreLiterary fiction
Website
yourlifereading.com

Austin Gary (born Gary Austin Heyde, March 7, 1947) is an American novelist and writer, best known as a songwriter for "The Car" by Jeff Carson (as Gary Heyde) and recordings by other country music performers like Tammy Wynette and John Berry, and as associate producer of albums by Carson, Berry and Hank Williams Jr.'s Hog Wild album.[1]

Career

Novelist and playwright

Gary has published three critically acclaimed novels.[2][3][4] His novel Miss Madeira and his unpublished novel Genius ("The Soul of Genius") have both been adapted into plays. His play Song of Myself, is a two-man Walt Whitman play.

Songwriting

Other ventures

A documentarian, Gary's Martin Luther King Jr. documentary They Killed Martin: 3 Lives Forever Changed is available on YouTube. Also a storyteller, he has appeared on Seattle Public radio station KUOW with personal stories about Thornton Wilder[10] and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[11] and A Guide to Visitors—The Best of Stories on Stage.[12]

Gary is also a high school teacher (Haubstadt (IN); Franklin, TN; Middle College, TN; John Overton (TN) and Big Picture (WA), numerologist[13] and a former advertising creative director, radio/television jingle composer, and newspaper editor.[14] He is a member of PEN Canada.[15]

Personal life

Gary is the son of Geoffrey Austin (Dutch) and Helen (née Heyser) Heyde, both deceased.[16] In 1967, he married teacher and actress Glory (Kissel) Heyde. The marriage ended in 2002. He is the father of stage director Rachel Rockwell,[17] who died of ovarian cancer in 2018, and Jeremy Spencer, former drummer for heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.[18]

He attended the University of Missouri (Columbia); Lincoln University (Jefferson City) and is a graduate of the University of Evansville (Indiana), with a degree in Speech and Drama.

Bibliography

  • Miss Madeira (2011) ISBN 978-0987782106
  • The Queerling (2013) ISBN 978-1492326274
  • A Delicate Dance (2015) ISBN 978-0692569528

Accolades

  • 2015: "Book of the Year" in LGBT adult fiction by Foreword Reviews[19]

References

  1. ↑ Associate Producer Credits. Artist Direct. Retrieved 10:55, November 2, 2011, from http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/gary-heyde/706191/
  2. ↑ "Foreword Reviews 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winners LGBT (Adult Fiction)". forewordreviews.com. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2012 Short List for Finalists & Semi-Finalists". Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2009 Finalists: William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition". Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ One Stone At A Time (song). FAQS.org. Retrieved 10:55, November 2, 2011, from http://www.faqs.org/copyright/love-doesnt-always-come-on-the-night-its-needed-by-tammy/
  6. ↑ 1997 Top Played. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 10:14, November 4, 2011, from books.google.ca
  7. ↑ Dixie's Bar & Grill. Billboard.com. Retrieved 10:19, November 2, 2011, from http://www.billboard.com/song/brent-lamb/dixie-s-bar-grill/893979#/song/brent-lamb/dixie-s-bar-grill/893979
  8. ↑ A Love Like This (song). Billboard.com. Retrieved 10:51, November 2, 2011, from https://www.billboard.com/artist/cleve-francis/chart-history/
  9. ↑ If Dreams Had Wings. James T Horn Official Website. Retrieved 11:04, November 3, 2011, from "Bio | James Horn". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ Wilder Days Story. Seattle's KUOW 94.9fm. Retrieved 11:06, November 2, 2011, from "KUOW Presents". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  11. ↑ Martin Luther King Story. Seattle's KUOW 94.9fm. Retrieved 11:06, November 2, 2011, from "Gary Heyde: The Only Way to Know You is to Get to Know You". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  12. ↑ Gary Heyde (Austin Gary) - Wilder Day Story. YouTube. Retrieved 4:15, December 10, 2012, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onqmIOnPjjI
  13. ↑ W/International Intuitive Numerologist Gary Heyde. The Spirit Within U. Retrieved September 2, 2015. from http://www.facebook.com/events/1633076896965735/
  14. ↑ Oakland City Journal Clipping. Oakland City Journal. Retrieved 11:16, November 2, 2011, from "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ Why We Defend Pen Canada Annual Report. Retrieved 03:15, July 23, 2014, from http://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PEN-AR-2014.pdf
  16. ↑ Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: Helen Mae Heyde. Retrieved October 2014, from http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/gentry/obits/heydehm.txt
  17. ↑ Chicagoans of the Year: Theater. Chicagotribune.com. Retrieved Dec. 2012 http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-27/entertainment/ct-ae-1230-coty-theater-20121227_1_rachel-rockwell-child-actors-stage-director/
  18. ↑ Drummer's appearance at Ford Center a homecoming of sorts. Retrieved October 2014, from http://www.courierpress.com/entertainment/drummers-appearance-instate-a-bit-of-a
  19. ↑ Foreword Reviews 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winners LGBT (Adult Fiction). Retrieved July 4, 2016 from https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/winners/2015/lgbt/
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