Douglas Preston
Auteur de Relic
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(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.
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Séries
Œuvres de Douglas Preston
Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History (1986) 290 exemplaires, 9 critiques
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (2022) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 222 exemplaires, 9 critiques
Talking to the Ground: One Family's Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo (1995) 98 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Trial By Fury: Internet Savagery and the Amanda Knox Case (Kindle Single) (2013) 47 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Lost City of the Monkey God--EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 6 chapters): A True Story (2016) 37 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2012) 23 exemplaires, 1 critique
Gone Fishing and Other Stories: Gone Fishing, Dirty Weather, Face in the Window, Spirit Walker, Goodnight, Sweet Mother (2012) 21 exemplaires
City of Endless Night (Free Preview: First 5 Chapters) (Agent Pendergast series) (2017) 11 exemplaires, 1 critique
A Gideon Crew Collection: Gideon's Sword, Gideon's Corpse, and The Lost Island Omnibus (Gideon Crew series) (2016) 9 exemplaires
The Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2016) 6 exemplaires
The Obsidian Chamber - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 7 chapters) (Agent Pendergast series) (2016) 4 exemplaires
Verses for the Dead (Free Preview: The First Four Chapters ) (Agent Pendergast series) (2018) 3 exemplaires
Sin una gota de sangre / Bloodless (Inspector Pendergast / Agent Pendergast Series) (Spanish Edition) (2024) 3 exemplaires
Old Bones Nora Kelly #1 1 exemplaire
A daring gamble in the Gobi Desert took the jackpot 1 exemplaire
Fossils and the Folsom Cowboy 1 exemplaire
Death Trap Defies Treasure Seekers for Two Centuries 1 exemplaire
Strangers 1 exemplaire
Desperation 1 exemplaire
1. Relic 2. Reliquary 3. The Cabinet of Curiosities 4. Still Life With Crows 5. Brimstone (Pendergast 1 to 5 of 10) 1 exemplaire
Cannibals of the Canyon 1 exemplaire
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3 Paperbacks by Preston & Child (Relic, Reliquary, The Cabinet of Curiosities) (Pendergast Series, Volumes 1, 2, 3) 1 exemplaire
The Pharaoh Key Gideon Crew #5 1 exemplaire
Crimson Shore - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 7 chapters) (Agent Pendergast series) (2015) 1 exemplaire
The Wyman Ford Series: Tyrannosaur Canyon, Blasphemy, Impact, The Kraken Project (2017) 1 exemplaire
La strada di sabbia e ossa 1 exemplaire
Monsieur Bertin 1 exemplaire
La città perduta del dio scimmia. Il mio viaggio sulle tracce di una civiltà senza nome (2017) 1 exemplaire
Nel fuoco 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributeur — 211 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Last Juror • The Various Haunts of Men • The Codex • Life and Limb (2004) 15 exemplaires
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Ambler Warning • True Believer • Tyrannosaur Canyon • Quite… (2006) 7 exemplaires, 1 critique
Livros Condensados: Sorriso Assassino | Comam Bolos! | O Códice | A Morte e a Vida de Charlie St. Cloud (2005) 6 exemplaires
Livros Condensados: O Martelo do Paraíso | És Minha | A Ilha Maldita | Amy e os Gansos Bravos (1999) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Last Juror | The Various Haunts of Men | The Codex | The Curious Incident of the… (2004) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: Tripwire • Thunderhead • Lake News • Flight of Eagles (2000) 4 exemplaires
Livros Condensados: Terreno Minado | O Homem dos Sete Ofícios | Frente de Tempestade | Um Raio de Luz (2001) — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Válogatott könyvek 55. Lee Child - A nehezebb út; Nora Roberts - Bukott angyal; Peter Mayle - Bor, mámor, Provence;… (2007) 3 exemplaires
Het Beste Boek 237: De codex / De eerste gast / Voltreffer / De pianist — Auteur — 2 exemplaires, 1 critique
Kirjavaliot - Leimahdus pimeästä, Tatuoitu rakkaus, Kadonnut kaupunki, Piilopaikka (2001) 1 exemplaire
Kirjavaliot - Suden läheisyys / Kuu paistaa haudallesi / Kirottu kuilu / Kolme toivomusta (1999) 1 exemplaire
Det Bästas Bokval (2005) vol 240 : Nattväktarna; Nätterna vid havet; Kodex; Damernas detektivbyrå — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 278 - Der Canyon. Die Heideärztin. Gambling. Die Sturmfängerin (2008) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher, Bestseller-Sonderband - Der Codex. Das Wunder der Liebe. April in Paris (2010) — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Preston, Douglas J.
- Date de naissance
- 1956-05-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Round Pond, Maine, USA - Études
- Pomona College
Cambridge School of Weston - Professions
- editor
writer
manager of publications
professor
research associate
School of American Research (Boardmember) - Relations
- Preston, Richard (brother)
Dickinson, Emily (Ancestor) - Organisations
- 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 - Courte biographie
- 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.
- Notice de désambigüisation
- 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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 104
- Aussi par
- 28
- Membres
- 74,408
- Popularité
- #170
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2,392
- ISBN
- 1,685
- Langues
- 23
- Favoris
- 178