His latest book, "Passage to Zarahelma," is on its way to the screen. (For more information, go online to And Heimerdinger's dream of a movie is going to come true, as well, he said. His books have sold between 800,000 and 900,000 copies in all and have also been released in audio versions. He's done eight more books in the "Tennis Shoes" series, has set three in New Testament times and has worked in some other historical settings. Some 14 years and more than that many books later, Heimerdinger has developed a loyal following of readers young and old. "I just decided to flesh it out."Īnd his wife suggested the title: "Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites." It was based on a dream he had while he was serving an LDS mission in Gainesville, Fla., he said. His first book, a story of three young kids who are magically transported back to Book of Mormon times, was published in 1989. "My first love is really storytelling," Heimerdinger said, and he decided he could do it with words as well as images. "But when I got out of college, no one wanted to give me a million dollars to make a movie," he said. Chris Heimerdinger actually wanted to be a filmmaker.
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