HEATHER SHUMAKER (n. 1969, Ohio, SUA) este scriitoare, autoare a volumelor de parenting It’s OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids (2012) si It’s OK to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids (2016), la care se adauga Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes (2017). In 2019 a publicat primul ei roman pentru copii, The Griffins of Castle Cary. Cartile sale au fost premiate (Nautilus Silver Award, Books for a Better Life finalist) si traduse in araba, chineza, franceza, coreeana, romana si rusa. A scris articole pentru Parenting, Pregnancy, Organic Gardening si alte publicatii.