Heather Grace Stewart
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Heather Grace Stewart is a Canadian author, poet, journalist, and screenwriter. She is known for her poetry collections, romantic fiction novels, screenplays, and journalism.
Early life and education
Heather Katherine Grace[1][2] was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and raised in rural Ontario and Quebec,[3] particularly in Kanata, Ontario. Her first poem was published in her school newsletter when she was five.[4]
She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and graduated with a bachelors of arts (hons) in Canadian studies, in 1995.[5] She completed her graduate diploma in journalism at Concordia University in Spring 1996.[6]
Career
Stewart started her career working as a reporter and associate editor for several national magazines.
She began her career as a weekly reporter for NDG’s The Monitor, a community newspaper serving Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, where she served as chief reporter and columnist from April to September 1996. She later worked as an Associate Editor for Harrowsmith Country Life, Canadian Wildlife Magazine, Equinox, and WILD! until January 1999.
From 2000 to 2003, Stewart served as editor-in-chief of Career Verdict Magazine, a publication for Canadian law students.
She also served as a columnist, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board, for Queen's University's Queen’s Alumni Review for over 15 years, contributing feature articles and columns.[7]
During her freelance years, she contributed articles and photographs to several national and international publications, including National Geographic Traveler, Reader's Digest, the Ottawa Citizen, and Groom Magazine.
Works
In 1999, her interviews with Canadian wildlife photographer Fred Bruemmer's "tales of high-risk adventure" were turned into an article for Reader's Digest.[8]
In 2013, she profiled Dr. Balfour Mount about palliative care for an article in Queen’s Alumni Review titled “The Last Human Freedom.”
Stewart's first book was a book of children's verse entitled Bubble Mud and Other Poems (2001).[9]
Stewart also authored a series of biographies called Canadian Prime Ministers: Warts & All series. Her titles include Sir Wilfrid Laurier: The Weakling Who Stood His Ground and Kim Campbell: The Keener Who Broke Down Barriers. both written for young readers in a conversational tone.
Stewart has also written a romcom time-travelling series,The Timeless Love Chronicles. Book 1, The Love Leap, was released in audiobook format on September 30, 2025.[10]
Critical reception
CM Magazine reviewed the latter edition, stating, "Stewart has written a smart, sympathetic account of Canada's nineteenth Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Kim Campbell."[11]
In 2012, Stewart was profiled by Queen’s Alumni Review.[12] In 2022, Grace Stewart was interviewed by NewInBooks about her romantic comedy Lucky.[13] Grace Stewart has also been profiled in Neomedia[14] newsmagazine for her literary contributions and public lectures.
Advocacy and public outreach
In 2025, Stewart became a vocal advocate for early mammograms and breast cancer awareness following her diagnosis with early-stage breast cancer. She shared her journey through personal videos on Instagram, Facebook and Threads, encouraging early detection and self-advocacy. Montreal radio host Nat Lauzon publicly praised Grace Stewart’s openness and strength, noting their shared experience and surgeon.[15]
That same year, Stewart was quoted in a Yahoo News article about Meta’s use of pirated books to train AI models. The article noted that her novel The Ticket and screenplays The Friends I’ve Never Met and Best Before were among the works scraped without consent. Stewart described how the incident made her feel “livid” and emphasized the personal and professional impact of the theft.[16]
Personal life
Grace Stewart lives near Montreal, Quebec, with her husband and child.
Bibliography
Stewart has published over twenty works of fiction and poetry. Selected titles include:
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier: The Weakling Who Stood His Ground (2006)
- Kim Campbell: The Keener Who Broke Down Barriers (2008)
- The Friends I’ve Never Met (2014)
- The Ticket (2016)
- Caged (2016)
- Best Before (2021)
- Lucky (2022)
- The Love Leap (2025)
- The Timeless Love Chronicles series (2025–)
Several titles are available in audiobook format through Tantor Media and Dreamscape Media.[17]
References
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (Winter 2002). "Editor's Notebook: Among Our Contributors: Heather Grace, Arts 1995 (with photo of Heather K. Grace)". p. 2.
- ↑ Merritt, M.Ed., Arianna (July 2016). "Speaking from the Heart: Heather Grace Stewart About Writing".
- ↑ "Interview with Heather Grace Stewart, Author of Lucky". New In Books.
- ↑ "Author Heather Grace Stewart". Tantor Media.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (Fall 2001). "Among Our Contributors: Heather Grace, Arts 1995, is the author of Bubble Mud and Other Poems". Queen's University, Queen's Alumni Review. p. 2.
- ↑ Lewis, Murray (July 1999). "Among Our Contributors: Heather Grace was a Concordia University Journalism Student in Montreal when she met wildlife photographer Fred Breummer in 1996". Reader's Digest. p. 1.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (December 1999). "Editor's Notebook and Masthead". p. 1.
- ↑ Lewis, Murray (July 1999). "Among our Contributors: Heather Grace". Reader's Digest: Canada's Most Widely Read Magazine. pp. 1, 78–83.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (Fall 2001). "Bookstand: Bubble Mud and Other Poems written by former Review columnist Heather Grace, Arts '95". Queen's University Queen's Alumni Review. p. 1.
- ↑ "Heather Grace Stewart: Romance, Sci Fi, General Fiction". RB Media Author Hub.
- ↑ Chychota, Julie (January 2009). "Kim Campbell: The Keener Who Broke Down Barriers. (Canadian Prime Ministers: Warts & All)". CM Magazine: The Manitoba Library Association. XV (10).
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Ken (June 2012). "Congratulations to Associate Editor Heather Grace Stewart, Arts 1995". Queen's University, Queen's Alumni Review. p. 2.
- ↑ "Heather Grace Stewart, Author of Lucky". New In Books. October 2022.
- ↑ Brisebois, Ginette (April 2024). "April 23 Heather Grace Stewart lecture in Pincourt". Neomedia.
- ↑ Lauzon, Nat (June 2025). "Heather Grace Stewart". Facebook.
- ↑ Ahsan, Sadaf (April 2025). "Canadian authors slam Meta for training AI using 'hugely problematic' program that pirates books: 'We're just "the little guys"'". Yahoo News.
- ↑ "Heather Grace Stewart's Author Hub". RB Media.
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