Heidi S. Swinton is an award-winning author and screenwriter whose works include PBS documentaries American Prophet, Sacred Stone, Sweetwater Rescue, Trail of Hope, and America’s Choir. She has served on the Relief Society general board and as a member of Church writing committees. She also served with her husband, Jeffrey C. Swinton, as he presided over the England London South Mission (2006–2009). They are the parents of five sons, four living, are the parents-in-law to four daughters-in-law, and grandparents to six grandchildren.