About the Book Julie's Seed was inspired by the life and antics of our daughter, Julie. She was a lover of nature, even as a small child, preferring to play with bugs and creatures. Watching this child grow convinced me to write a story. Julie even contributed much of the original artwork in the book, as did other family ambers. For 25-30 years, Julie's Seed sat quietly in a file cabinet. Through the encouragement of both wife, Mary, and daughter, Julie, it has now emerged as a published book! About the Author Jerry Hein was born May 14, 1933 (Mother's Day) in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was 8th of 9 children. He is in his 65th year of marriage to Mary, whom he loves and admires. Together they produced wonderful sons and adopted an equally wonderful daughter. He is a Korean War veteran and a now-retired paper coating chemist, having garnered 2 U.S. patents. He held every office in the Coating and Graphic Arts division of TAPPI. He travelled to 331 countries on business. He is a member of the National MENSA society. He has been a facilitator at seminars in Christian living and has operated a coffeehouse for high schoolers. He volunteers at Appleton West High School 3 half days a week as a front door greeter. He wrote a book about his WWII hero brother and has written over 100 limericks. His hobbies have included metal detecting, wood splitting, wine making, sweepstaking, fishing and gardening.