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Heather Hansman

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  • Freelance Writer and Editor, Freelance
  • Columnist, Outside Magazine
  • None, Outside/Ski Magazine
  • None, Freelance, Outside Magazine
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Writer. River person. Author of POWDER DAYS bit.ly/3f9pGYE and DOWNRIVER bit.ly/2yvYsGh
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Heather Hansman’s Biography

I'm a freelance writer and editor. I write about a range of things, from butchers to birth control, but, to generalize, most of what I cover happens outside. I like the intersection of science, adventure, and culture. I'm working on a book about the Green River, and the water system in the West, that will be published by the University of Chicago Press.

I'm currently a contributor to Smithsonian's Innovations site, and I also write for places like Outside, Popular Science, California Sunday, and Sunset. I'm the former online editor at both Powder and Skiing magazines, so I write about skiing for those guys, too. I've been recognized for both my writing and my social (media) skills. My essay "Lighthouse for Sale" was a notable in the "2015 Best American Essays" book, I won the 2010 Thompson Award for Western Writing for my story about declining livestock prices, "The Cost of Sheep,", and the "Ski Town Throwdown," a Facebook campaign I ran at Powder, won a 2013 Maggie for best use of social media. I live on a lake in Seattle but I still have East Coast reflexes.