The solution is to define UserSerializer extending ModelSerializer like that
from rest_framework.serializers import ModelSerializer
class UserSerializer(ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = UserModel
fields = ['id', 'username']
and then use it in PostSerializer:
from myapp import UserSerializer
from rest_framework.serializers import ModelSerializer
class PostSerializer(ModelSerializer):
owner = UserSerializer()
class Meta:
model = PostModel
fields = ['id', 'owner']