Heidi Jardine Stoddart is the author and illustrator of the popular children's books East to the Sea, Return to the Sea, and Back to the Beach. When she was growing up, Heidi lived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, but her family returned "home" to the Maritimes every summer for vacation. She now lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, with her husband, Dwayne, and their dog, Colby, and she still enjoys looking for sea glass at the beach.