Heather Pringle

Heather Pringle is a Canadian freelance science writer who mostly writes about archaeology.[1][2] Before becoming a writer, Pringle worked as a furniture polisher, summons server, museum researcher, book editor and "failed waitress".[1] Her 2006 book The Master Plan detailed Heinrich Himmler's establishment of the Ahnenerbe in a pseudo-scientific attempt to "prove" Aryan superiority.[3][4] It won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize.[2][5] Her previous work includes The Mummy Congress, as well as articles for National Geographic and Archaeology magazine. As of 2016, Pringle is a contributing editor at Hakai magazine.[6]