Gary Gary

Education

He attended Berklee School of Music as a Down Beat Hall of Fame Scholarship recipient, and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude.

Career

Also a storyteller, he has appeared on Seattle Public radio station KUOW with personal stories about Thornton Wilder and the Martin Luther King assassination and A Guide To Visitors—The Best Of Stories On Stage. He is also a high school teacher (Haubstadt (IN). Franklin, TN; John Overton (TN) and Big Picture (WA), intuitive numerologist and a former advertising creative director, radio/television jingle composer, and newspaper editor.

His new novel, A Delicate Dance, was published in December 2015 and received a 5-Star Clarion Review from Foreword Reviews. Earlier, it was a finalist (novel-in-progress) in the 2014 Faulkner Wisdom competition. His novel, Miss Madeira published in August 2011, was a finalist in the 2009 Faulkner-Wisdom Literary Competition and a finalist (short list) in ForeWords First Debut Fiction competition.

In 2008, his unpublished novel "Ask Me No Secrets" was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Competition. "Genius," Gary's novel in progress, was a Finalist (Short List) in the 2010 Faulkner-Wisdom Literary Competition. His historical novel, "Genius," was also a finalist in the 2013 Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc.

Literary Competition. His novels, "Miss Madeira" and "Genius" have both been adapted into plays. He is the son of Geoffrey Austin (Dutch) and Helen (née Heyser) Heyde, both deceased.

The marriage ended in 2002. He is the father of stage director Rachel Rockwell and Jeremy Spencer, drummer for heavy metal band, Five Finger Death Punch. "One Stone At A Time" – Tammy Wynette

"The Car" – Jeff Carson - 1997 BMI Listed Among Top Played Songs of the Year.

"Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name" – John Berry

"The Letter" – Ronna Reeves

"Dixie’s Bar & Grill" – Brent Lamb

"A Love Like This" – Cleve Francis

"If Dreams Have Wings" - James T. Horn.

Achievements

• He served there as a full-time professor and a member of the Berklee Saxophone Quartet, received the institution's Outstanding Achievement Award, and has since been named one of Berklee's Fifty Outstanding Alumnus. He received a Grammy award in music production for the 30th Anniversary of the Sesame Street soundtrack, "Elmopalooza" and a special Emmy in music production for The 1988 Goodwill Games.

Membership

He is a member of PEN Canada.