Heather is full of bisexual glitter and is pretty sure her left arm is haunted. She lives in southeast Michigan with Mr. Heather and a collection of musical instruments and mobility aids.

A hopeless romantic since the age of six, Heather spent her nights reading vampire novels under her covers with a flashlight. After buying all of the L.J. Smith and Anne Rice books she could afford using babysitting money, she started writing her own ghost stories in the back of her math notebook. (Which explains a lot about her math grades…)

 

At age fifteen, Heather became an international rock star and radio DJ…well, technically a rock star in the theatre organ world. She went on to get a degree in film production and screenwriting from Wayne State University after forcing her parents to watch so many terrible student films, one of which even went viral!

 

Heather’s life changed in 2003, when she was diagnosed with a rare disease called hypoparathyroidism (Learn more at: heathernovak.net/hypopara). Struggling to come to terms with her new normal, she obsessed over romance novels and movies, discovering her love of strong imagery and emotional storytelling. After not seeing any characters like her–disabled and bisexual–get happily ever afters, she decided to write her own.

When she’s not pretending to be a rockstar with purple hair, award-winning author and advocate Heather can be found crafting LGBTQ+ romances with disability representation. She’s a rare disease warrior, full of bisexual glitter, and is pretty sure her left arm is haunted.

Heather’s work earned her a spot on BEQ Magazine’s 40 LGBTQ+ Leaders Under Forty list in 2021. She lives in southeast Michigan with Mr. Heather, a collection of musical instruments and mobility aids, and multiple editions of her favorite books.

Follow her at www.HeatherNovak.Net

You can learn more about Heather’s rare disease at: HeatherNovak.net/hypopara