Heather Pringle (writer)

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Heather Pringle is a Canadian freelance science writer who mostly writes about archaeology. [1] [2] Before becoming a writer, Pringle worked as a museum researcher and book editor. [1] Her 2006 book The Master Plan detailed Heinrich Himmler's establishment of the Ahnenerbe in a pseudo-scientific attempt to manufacture evidence and "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. Pringle is emeritus editor at Hakai Magazine and has been awarded a Canadian National Magazine Award [6] and an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Kavli Foundation. [7] [8]

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