Heather Ruth Wolfe FSA (born 1971^[1]) is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library.^[2] A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms.^[3][4][5] She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online,^[2][5] and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.^[6][7]

At the Folger, her "Project Dustbunny" has yielded significant results from human cells gathered from 17th-century volumes.^[3][8]

Wolfe was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 16 February 2023.^[9]

Books

• Wolfe, Heather; Maule, Jeremy; Axton, Marie (2001). Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland : life and letters. Cambridge [England]: RTM Publications. ISBN 978-0866982726.
• Wolfe, Heather; Stewart, Alan (2004). Letterwriting in Renaissance England. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN 978-0295985091.
• Wolfe, Heather (2006). The literary career and legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1403970169.
• Trevilian, Thomas (2007). Wolfe, Heather (ed.). The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 : a facsimile of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.232. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN 978-0295986593.