Heide Brandes

Heide Brandes is an award-winning journalist and editor who writes about travel, business, art, adventure, culture, Indigenous topics, conservation and more. She has contributed to publications like National Geographic, BBC, The Smithsonian, Sierra Magazine, Cowboys & Indians, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, Reuters News, Yahoo!, AARP, AAA Journeys, Conde Nast and more. She is former president of The Society of Professional Journalists Oklahoma Pro Chapter and an award-winning member of The North American Travel Journalists Association and the Society for American Travel Writers. When not writing and traveling, Heide is an avid hiker, a professional bellydancer, a medieval reenactor and kind of a quirky chick from Oklahoma.

When the Sun Goes Dark, Astronomer and Artist Tyler Nordgren Gets to Work

By Heide Brandes

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