Richard Preston
New Yorker writer and author
Richard Preston is a writer for The New Yorker and a bestselling author of both nonfiction and fiction. His books cover infectious disease, bioterrorism and redwoods.
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American Born 1954 in Cambridge, United States
About Richard Preston
Richard Preston was born on August 5, 1954, and has written for The New Yorker since 1985. He has taught nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa and Princeton University. His books include The Hot Zone, The Demon in the Freezer and The Wild Trees, along with the novel The Cobra Event. He has received the Champion of Prevention Award from the Centers for Disease Control, and an award from the American Institute of Physics. Crisis in the Red Zone is also among his books in our catalog.