Heather Grace Stewart (born Heather Katherine Grace) is a Canadian poet, journalist, and bestselling author of contemporary romcoms and magical realism novels with “real mess, real magic, real heart.”

She wrote her first poem at age five, inspired by a tumble while figure skating. At the Arena was published in her school newsletter, and from that moment, she was hooked on the idea that words could touch people. By high school, she was writing for the local paper, The Kanata Kourier, and reporting regularly for the cable news show West Side Stories. She also pursued her love of performance, acting in a J.B. Priestley play for Kanata Theatre and even running lines with Matthew Perry in Ottawa drama classes.

Heather went on to earn her BA (Honours) in Canadian Studies at Queen’s University, followed by a graduate diploma in Journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. Her reporting career was as adventurous as it was accomplished: she once chased down the Mayor of Montreal off a St. Jean Baptiste parade float, landed a national scoop on Canada’s toonies falling apart for The Ottawa Citizen’s front page, and even sampled crickets and sautéed larvae while on assignment. She served as Chief Reporter for The Monitor in NDG before becoming Associate Editor for national magazines including Harrowsmith Country Life, Canadian Wildlife, Equinox, and Wild. In 1999, she launched her own freelance writing and editing company, Graceful Publications.

Heather is now the author of 24 published works, including fast‑paced, humorous, and touching romance novels and several poetry collections. Her romantic comedy The Ticket, inspired by a true story, became an international Kindle bestseller and was optioned for film. She has also written two romantic comedy screenplays, The Friends I’ve Never Met and Best Before. All eight of her novels have been released as audiobooks by Tantor Audio (Recorded Books) or Dreamscape Media. Her work has been translated into French and Polish, with five novels published in Poland by Empik in 2022.

Her poetry collections include Where the Butterflies Go, Leap, Carry on Dancing, Three Spaces, Caged: New and Selected Poems, Stargazing, and Wild Geese Know. Reviewers call her poetry modern, unconventional, tender, and heartfelt. Heather has long supported girls’ education and humanitarian causes, donating proceeds from her poetry for over a decade and continuing to contribute annually.

In her free time, Heather enjoys vid-chats with her girlfriends, photography, yoga, inline skating, gardening, dancing like nobody’s watching, and sampling craft beer—usually not at the same time. She lives in Montreal with her husband, Bill, and their young adult, Finn. Visit her at heathergracestewart.com, on BookBub, Goodreads, and Instagram @heathergracestewart.