Hannah Nordhaus has worked as a writer, editor and historian for the last 14 years, but her professional career dates back to 1975, when, as a second grader, she won a "I'm Glad I Live In Washington D.C." essay contest, took home a $50 savings bond and vowed to become a writer. A full-time freelancer since 2001, Hannah covers environmental and outdoor topics and writes general news and cultural pieces about the American West. Her stories have been published in The LA Times, The Financial Times, Outside, The Village Voice, Ski Magazine, Powder Magazine, Wilderness Magazine, Hooked on the Outdoors Magazine, Rails-to-Trails Magazine, SF Weekly, and other publications. She has received Associated Press and California Newspaper Publishing Association awards for feature writing and business reporting. She has worked as a staff reporter for American Lawyer Media and as an overpaid, ping-pong-addled "Content Strategist" for an ill-fated dot-com. Hannah also works as an editor. She has been copy editor for Colorado Homes and Lifestyles magazine since 2002, edits science and policy reports for the Wilderness Society, served as contributing editor to Seule Magazine, and oversees the writing and production of Kangri News, the quarterly newsletter of the International Mountain Explorers Connection, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting sustainable tourism in developing mountain regions, with offices in Nepal, Tanzania, Pakistan and Boulder. She has also worked as copy editor for Gale Research's Information Plus reference book series. Hannah holds a Masters degree in History of the American West and Environmental History. She has written profiles of Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter, McKinley and Buchanan for Gale Research's Presidential Administration Profiles textbook, and produced an American Library Association reading and essay series to accompany Ken Burns' "The West" documentary. In addition, she has conducted oral history projects for the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum, U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. 10th District Court in Denver. She has also written four children's books based on interviews with Tibetan refugees in northeastern Nepal. The books are currently being produced and distributed in Kathmandu. Hannah received a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and an M.A. in History of the American West and Environmental History from the University of Colorado. An avid skier and biker, she lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband Brent and little dog Roxie.

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