Heidi Swain

Heidi Swain writes contemporary feel-good fiction for Simon & Schuster, with community, family, friendship, and a strong sense of place at the center of her novels. Her recurring settings include the Fenland town of Wynbridge, Nightingale Square in Norwich, and the Norfolk coastal community of Wynmouth. The Winter Garden brings gardener Freya Fuller to Nightingale Square, where she helps create a public garden for Christmas while learning to work with local artist Finn. Underneath the Christmas Tree moves to Wynmouth and the family business Wynter’s Trees. Its central character, Liza Wynter, returns to oversee a transition after her father’s death and finds that the tree farm still matters deeply to its community. Across both books, Swain connects seasonal atmosphere with practical work, neighborhood ties, and characters reconsidering what home means. Her publisher describes her wider catalogue as fiction shaped by the same interests in belonging and mutual support, whether the story unfolds in summer or winter. Swain lives in west Norfolk, and her publisher notes her interests in gardening, the countryside, vintage objects, and reading, details that help explain the tactile character of her settings.