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The Official Site of sTEVEN ROBERT HEINE.
Welcome to the official site of American author and poet Steven Robert Heine. Heine is the author of sixteen books and four movie screenplays. He is also active through the web in promoting poetry in nearly every State. In coming weeks, we hope to make many of his books available through this site.
Books by Steven Robert Heine.
** A Winter's Harvest.** (poetry) Heine's first collection of poetry written when he was 19 and 20 years old.Autumn Magic (poetry) A magical book of poetry written during the author's senior year of college.Spring Rain (poetry) Facing the challenges of life after college, Heine sought the meaning of life while struggling to pay his rent.Of Summer's Lost (poetry) the poet found love and romance as he wrote some of his most beautiful romantic poetry.A Secret Season (poetry) this book was never published as an individual paperback. It only appears as 'a fifth season' in the hardbound edition Beyond the Frontier.Beyond the Frontier (poetry) the poet combined all his earlier paperback books into this beautiful book of collected poems. It was published when Steven Robert Heine was only 25 years old.Angel and Sometimes I Smile (poetry) these two short poetry books were published together in recent years. Much of the writing had been done years earlier and the original manuscripts were almost lost.
The Oregon State Fair 2007. (history)
This was Heine's first history book and is his only book that was not self-published. It was published by Arcadia Publishing Company of South Carolina. It remains the author's best selling book to date.A History of Saint Vincent's Parish and School 2011. history. This book was written at the request of the pastor of Saint Vincent's. Heine had been a student at Saint Vincent's as had his father. Steven Robert Heine was uniquely qualified to write this book on the school and was helped greatly by the school archivists.The Oregon State Police 2016. history. Steven Robert Heine served as State telecommunications manager for the Oregon State Police from January of 2010 until July of 2016. He worked with every unit of the Oregon State Police and had a good knowledge of OSP.
Seven Keys to Better Health 2015 (health) In struggling with his own health issues, Steven Robert Heine wrote this health book. It is a collection of essays and factual research on a variety of health topics. The idea was to take a room full of current health books and boil the information down into seven keys to better health as the author saw them.
Adventures in Oregon 2009 (autobiography and satire)This was Heine's first autobiographical book. It is a collection of favorite personal stories and even includes some favorite poems.Smiles From Oregon 2018 (autobiography and satire).
This second autobiographical book includes more fun stories about the author and even includes many of the comedy routines that were performed live at the Oregon State Fair.Water into Wine, a curious view of Christianity. 2021. Essays and history. In Water into Wine, Steven Robert Heine presents dozens of original essays on Christianity. He also presents much of the history of Christianity. Though the book is written from a 'non-denominational' viewpoint, Heine does present what he believes is scientific evidence of the existence if God. Steven Robert Heine stated that he felt Water into Wine was the most difficult book he ever wrote.
Biography.
Steven Robert Heine was born in Salem, Oregon. He spent much of his early life working in the strawberry and bean fields around Salem and usually took any kind of work he could find. He later attended Portland State University, where he earned Bachelor degrees in both History and Political Science. Both degrees would serve him well in the writing of future books. He also briefly attended graduate school, studying law and ethics.Heine published his first book of poetry when he was 22 years old and less than a year out of college.That year, he also signed a contract as a free lance cartoonist for a publication that reached about 150,000 readers per week.*
Career As Steven Robert Heine began to publish his early poetry books, he worked in local canneries. He later took a job as a delivery driver for the Department of Human Services. After more than fourteen years of driving, he began work as a telecommunications manager for various departments of the State of Oregon. From September 2007 to September 2008, he worked for the Pentagon, living in Northern Virginia. His job was to upgrade telephone systems to Air Force hospitals.During this time, Heine continued to publish. In 1978 he took his poetry books to the Oregon State Fair, earning him the title of 'The First Author of the Oregon State Fair'. As he continued to publish, Steven Robert Heine also appeared at Oregon State Fairs in 1979, 1980 and 1981. He served as President of the Oregon Literary Council in 1984-1986. He also founded the poetry contest of the Oregon State Fair in 1986 and contributed support for a number of other Oregon County Fair poetry contests. That included sponsorship of poetry awards at various times in Coos, Marion, Tillamook and Washington County Fairs. At one point he shared an author's table with none other than Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
Update In 2011 Heine suffered a crippling injury in a fall in his Salem apartment. The result was several surgeries on his hip that left him in a great deal of pain. The injury also had a dramatic impact on his ability to make public appearances.In 2018 Heine moved from Salem to a residence in Bandon on the Southern Oregon coast.
Mailing address:
Steve Heine
P.O. Box 454
Bandon, OR. 97411.
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Biography: Steven Robert Heine was born in Salem, Oregon. He spent much of his early life working in the strawberry and bean fields around Salem and usually took any kind of work he could find. He later attended Portland State University, where he earned Bachelor degrees in both History and Political Science. Both degrees would serve him well in the writing of future books. He also briefly attended graduate school, studying law and ethics.Heine published his first book of poetry when he was 22 years old and less than a year out of college. That year, he also signed a contract as a free lance cartoonist for a publication that reached about 150,000 readers per week.More to Follow.
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Steven Robert Heine is a West Coast poet & author. He has traveled extensively through the United States, including many trips to Vermont. Heine has spent his life promoting poetry; serving as founder for many poetry contests. He is the author of fifteen books, including poetry, history and his own short auto-biographies. His books can be found on Ebay, Amazon and Amazon Kindle.
Heine was crippled in a fall in 2011 and now makes very few public appearances.