Heather Pringle is a Canadian freelance science writer who mostly writes about
archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...
.
Before becoming a writer, Pringle worked as a furniture polisher, summons server, museum researcher, book editor, and "failed waitress".
Her 2006 book ''The Master Plan'' detailed
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...
's establishment of the
Ahnenerbe
The Ahnenerbe (, ''ancestral heritage'') operated as a think tank in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945. Heinrich Himmler, the ''Reichsführer-SS'' from 1929 onwards, established it in July 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to the task of promot ...
in a pseudo-scientific attempt to "prove" Aryan superiority. It won the
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, established in 1985, is awarded annually as the BC Book Prize for the best non-fiction book by a resident of British Columbia, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three ...
.
Her previous work includes ''The Mummy Congress'', as well as articles for ''
National Geographic'' and
''Archaeology'' magazine. Pringle is emeritus editor at ''
Hakai magazine'' and has been awarded a
Canadian National Magazine Award and an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award from the
American Association for the Advancement of Science and the
Kavli Foundation.
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Living people
Canadian women non-fiction writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian editors
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