Douglas Preston
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Douglas Jerome Preston was born on May 20, 1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. in English literature from Pomona College in 1978. His career began at the American Museum of Natural History, where he worked as an editor and writer from 1978 to 1985. He also was a lecturer in English toon meer at Princeton University. He became a full-time writer of both fiction and nonfiction books in 1986. Many of his fiction works are co-written with Lincoln Child including Relic, Riptide, Thunderhead, The Wheel of Darkness, Cemetery Dance, and Gideon's Corpse. His nonfiction works include Dinosaurs in the Attic; Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado; Talking to the Ground; and The Royal Road. He has written for numerous magazines including The New Yorker; Natural History; Harper's; Smithsonian; National Geographic; and Travel and Leisure. He became a New York Times Best Selling author with his titles Two Graves and Crimson Shores which he co-wrote with Lincoln Child, and his titles White Fire, The Lost Island Blue Labyrinth and The Lost City of the Monkey God. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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(eng) This author is Douglas Preston. DO NOT COMBINE THIS PAGE WITH ANY JOINT PAGES OF DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are two different people, who have written books collaboratively and separately. Their author pages should not be combined with each other, or with any of the variants using both their names. Please see "Who Should/Shouldn't Get combined" on the Author wiki page. Thank you.
Fotografie: Uncredited photo at literati.net
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Werken van Douglas Preston
Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History (1986) 289 exemplaren
Talking to the Ground: One Family's Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo (1995) 95 exemplaren
The Lost City of the Monkey God--EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 6 chapters): A True Story (2016) 37 exemplaren
The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2012) 22 exemplaren
Gone Fishing and Other Stories: Gone Fishing, Dirty Weather, Face in the Window, Spirit Walker, Goodnight, Sweet Mother (2012) 21 exemplaren
The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin (Pendergast, #18.5) 11 exemplaren
A Gideon Crew Collection: Gideon's Sword, Gideon's Corpse, and The Lost Island Omnibus (Gideon Crew series) (2016) 9 exemplaren
Old Bones - Die Toten von Roswell: Thriller (Ein Fall für Nora Kelly und Corrie Swanson, Band 3) (2022) 8 exemplaren
The Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2016) 5 exemplaren
Death - Das Kabinett des Dr. Leng: Ein neuer Fall für Special Agent Pendergast. Thriller (2023) 3 exemplaren
Fossils and the Folsom Cowboy 1 exemplaar
Strangers 1 exemplaar
Desperation 1 exemplaar
La strada di sabbia e ossa 1 exemplaar
Beyond the Ice Limit Gideon Crew #4 1 exemplaar
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston (2001-07-01) 1 exemplaar
O Códice (Seleções - The Codex) 1 exemplaar
Contracorrente (Seleções - Riptide) 1 exemplaar
Monsieur Bertin 1 exemplaar
Nel fuoco 1 exemplaar
La città perduta del dio scimmia. Il mio viaggio sulle tracce di una civiltà senza nome (2017) 1 exemplaar
Demon: Sumpf der Toten: Pendergast 15 1 exemplaar
Obsidian: Kammer des Bösen: Pendergast 16 1 exemplaar
Crimson Shore - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 7 chapters) (Agent Pendergast series) (2015) 1 exemplaar
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Det Bästas Bokval (2005) vol 240 : Nattväktarna; Nätterna vid havet; Kodex; Damernas detektivbyrå — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Kirjavaliot - Suden läheisyys / Kuu paistaa haudallesi / Kirottu kuilu / Kolme toivomusta (1999) 1 exemplaar
Kirjavaliot - Leimahdus pimeästä, Tatuoitu rakkaus, Kadonnut kaupunki, Piilopaikka (2001) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Preston, Douglas J.
- Geboortedatum
- 1956-05-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Round Pond, Maine, USA - Opleiding
- Pomona College
Cambridge School of Weston - Beroepen
- editor
writer
manager of publications
professor
research associate
School of American Research (Boardmember) - Relaties
- Preston, Richard (brother)
Dickinson, Emily (Ancestor) - Organisaties
- American Museum of Natural History
The Atlantic Monthly
Smithsonian
The New Yorker
Laboratory of Anthropology (Santa Fe)
PEN New Mexico - Agent
- Eric Simonoff (Janklow & Nesbit Associates)
Matthew Snyder - Korte biografie
- Douglas Preston is the author of thirty-five books, both fiction and nonfiction, twenty-two of which have been New York Times bestsellers, with several reaching the number 1 position. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, RELIC, co-authored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie by Paramount Pictures, which launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, is also in production as a film. His latest book, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD, tells the true story of the discovery of a prehistoric city in an unexplored valley deep in the Honduran jungle. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. He is past co-president of International Thriller Writers and serves on the board of the Authors Guild. He is the recipient of numerous writing awards in the US and Europe, including an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Pomona College.
- Ontwarringsbericht
- This author is Douglas Preston. DO NOT COMBINE THIS PAGE WITH ANY JOINT PAGES OF DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are two different people, who have written books collaboratively and separately. Their author pages should not be combined with each other, or with any of the variants using both their names. Please see "Who Should/Shouldn't Get combined" on the Author wiki page. Thank you.
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