Denver Nicks is a journalist, producer and incorrigible traveler. A former staff writer for TIME, he is a regular contributor to National Geographic Travel, Uproxx, The Huffington Post, and other publications. He's the author of the books Hot Sauce Nation: America's Burning Obsession, PRIVATE: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History, and he's currently at work on his third book, about Lyons v. Oklahoma, a pivotal case in the career of Supreme Court justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall.