American author Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879–1950) wrote her mystery novel "The Curious Affair at Heron Shoals" in 1940: Marty is a teenaged heroine, who lives in relative isolation with her grandmother and a mysterious parrot. But when a piano prodigy, the twelve year old Ted, comes for a visit, his interest in the mystery prompts Marty to start investigating.

Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879 – June 5, 1950) was an American author of children's literature.