Tucson Festival of Books

Heather J Hansen


Heather Hansen is an award-winning author and journalist who writes and speaks on topics at the intersection of people, places and science. Her journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines from San Francisco to Johannesburg. She is the author of "Wildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8" and "Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears: 100 Years of the National Park Service." Hansen regularly seeks solitude near her home in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Her current book is "Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone."

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Awards: American Society of Journalists and Authors, Society of Environmental Journalists and the Colorado Authors' League


Books:
Solitude
The Science and Power of Being Alone
Science / Medicine / Technology
Cambridge University Press
April 2024
ISBN 9781009256605
300 pages

Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears
100 Years of the National Park Service
Nature / Environment
Mountaineers Books
January 2015
ISBN 9781594858888
350 pages