Christopher Heaney is the author of Cradle of Gold and a Harrington Doctoral Fellow in History at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from Yale University with a B.A. in Latin American Studies, he worked in journalism for several years, including a stint at the oral history...
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Christopher Heaney is the author of Cradle of Gold and a Harrington Doctoral Fellow in History at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from Yale University with a B.A. in Latin American Studies, he worked in journalism for several years, including a stint at the oral history project StoryCorps. He has written on Peru for The New Republic, Legal Affairs Magazine, and the New York Times, and on Einstein's brain for The New Yorker. His is editor and co-founder of The Appendix -- A New Journal of Narrative and Experimental History, which can be visited at theappendix dot net. He was born in West Australia, grew up in New Jersey, and currently lives in South America. He has a fondness for mummies, superheroes, and other rising bodies. His website is at christopherheaney dot net.
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