Brandon Whited is a writer and historian who has spent his entire life in Southwest Virginia. Having first become fascinated with the Titanic and maritime history as a child, Brandon has served as a trustee with Titanic International Society since 2019. He has had numerous articles and book reviews published in the society's quarterly journal, Voyage , and he is the author of Gilded Tragedy: West Virginia's Titanic Widow , a full-length biography of Titanic survivor Eloise Hughes Smith. In addition to his nonfiction works, Brandon has had a number of short stories, as well as some poetry, published in various literary journals dating back to 2005.