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C.J. Heigelmann

 

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Membership level
Individual
First Name
C.J.
Last Name
Heigelmann
Address1
P.O. Box 801
City
Lexington
State
SC
Zip
29071
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Author Biography
C.J. Heigelmann is an emerging author of Contemporary and Historical Fiction and Psychological Thrillers, who has published four novels,

C.J. learned to negotiate the changing fabric of class relations within the United States while experiencing different nuances of racial interconnection and social class ideologies from California to Connecticut, the Deep South, and during military service in the United States Air Force. CJ combines these unique experiences with his knowledge of the humanities, an empathetic heart, and a belief in world peace to produce literature that focuses on the human condition in multiple genres.

He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Historical Novel Society, and the South Carolina Writers Association.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Heigelmann, C.J. Can’t Stop What’s Inside. Common Folk Press, 2023.
Heigelmann, C.J. Can’t Hide What’s Inside. Common Folk Press, 2021.
Heigelmann, C.J. Crooked Fences. Common Folk Press, 2019.
Heigelmann, C.J. An Uncommon Folk Rhapsody. Common Folk Press, 2017.

MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS
Heigelmann, C.J. “The Other Side of the Hill.” The Writers and Readers’ Magazine, May/June, issue 16, vol. 3, pp. 7-11. 2021. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096LWK95D

Heigelmann, C.J. “The Other Side of the Hill.” Rigorous Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2, 2021. https://www.rigorous-mag.com/v5i2/cj-heigelmann.html.

ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
Heigelmann, C.J. “The Other Side of the Hill.” Catfish Stew: 2021 South Carolina Anthology, edited by Ferguson Williams, South Carolina Writers Association, 2021.

Heigelmann, C.J. (2022). The Sacred Place of Blessings. In J. Sorensen (Ed.), From the Yonder (Vol. 3),(pp. 201-216). War Monkey Press, LLC. (Originally Published 2022).

AWARDS
Winner, Maincrest Media Book Awards,
Psychological Thriller Fiction, 2024,
Can't Stop What's Inside.

Finalist, 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Award,
Military Fiction, 2022,
Crooked Fences.

Winner, Independent Press Award,
Multicultural Fiction, 2021,
An Uncommon Folk Rhapsody.

Bestselling Amazon Author: Contemporary Literary Fiction, Depression, Racism and Discrimination, African American Literary Fiction, Historical Thrillers, and Historical African Fiction.

"I express my characters in their pure, flawed form because all of us are flawed. I don't shrink from using stereotypes, whether positive or negative. Instead, I promote them and in the next breath completely shatter them. This exposes the error of subjugating individuals to intellectually lazy social labels, compelling the reader to confront the empirical nature of a character while lending insight into true understanding."

"Readers are not one-dimensional, and the stories they read shouldn't be either."

C.J. Heigelmann
 

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