Heather Curatola Heckel is a role-playing game author and designer. She is best known for her contributions to several White Wolf Publishing RPG sourcebooks and supplements, including the Children of Gaia Tribebook , Umbra: The Velvet Shadow, and Digital Web. She is known for creating Alexis Hastings, the narrator of the first edition Sons of Ether Tradition Book. She has been actively involved in the role-playing community for over 35 years and takes great pride in her extensive role-playing game collection (including the game Rus, which most people have never seen).
She has been an editor, independent publisher, and cover designer and is working on writing her first novel. She currently teaches sociology at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, focusing primarily on popular culture, fandom, AI, social media, and virtual communities.
