Heather S. Cole, MA, (heatherscole.com) is a writer and public historian living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She has a master’s degree in history from Salem State University and has worked in a variety of museums and archives, including at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum. Cole currently works as an editor for Bridgewater College and runs a small publishing company specializing in local history, culture and memoir. She is the author, most recently, of Virginia’s Presidents: A History & Guide and Ohio’s Presidents: A History & Guide, both published by The History Press.