Douglas Preston
Author of Relic
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
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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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Series
Works by Douglas Preston
Talking to the Ground: One Family's Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo (1995) 95 copies
The Lost City of the Monkey God--EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 6 chapters): A True Story (2016) 37 copies
The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2012) 22 copies
Gone Fishing and Other Stories: Gone Fishing, Dirty Weather, Face in the Window, Spirit Walker, Goodnight, Sweet Mother (2012) 21 copies
A Gideon Crew Collection: Gideon's Sword, Gideon's Corpse, and The Lost Island Omnibus (Gideon Crew series) (2016) 9 copies
Old Bones - Die Toten von Roswell: Thriller (Ein Fall für Nora Kelly und Corrie Swanson, Band 3) (2022) 8 copies
The Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2016) 5 copies
Death - Das Kabinett des Dr. Leng: Ein neuer Fall für Special Agent Pendergast. Thriller (2023) 3 copies
Strangers 1 copy
Desperation 1 copy
La strada di sabbia e ossa 1 copy
Monsieur Bertin 1 copy
Nel fuoco 1 copy
Associated Works
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributor — 209 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Last Juror • The Various Haunts of Men • The Codex • Life and Limb (2004) 15 copies
Livros Condensados: Sorriso Assassino | Comam Bolos! | O Códice | A Morte e a Vida de Charlie St. Cloud (2005) 6 copies
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Ambler Warning / True Believer / Tyrannosaur Canyon / Quite Honestly (2006) 6 copies
Livros Condensados: O Martelo do Paraíso | És Minha | A Ilha Maldita | Amy e os Gansos Bravos (1999) — Author — 5 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Last Juror | The Various Haunts of Men | The Codex | The Curious Incident of the… (2004) — Author — 5 copies
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: Tripwire / Thunderhead / Lake News / Flight of Eagles (2000) 4 copies
Livros Condensados: Terreno Minado | O Homem dos Sete Ofícios | Frente de Tempestade | Um Raio de Luz (2001) — Author — 4 copies
Válogatott könyvek 55. Lee Child - A nehezebb út; Nora Roberts - Bukott angyal; Peter Mayle - Bor, mámor, Provence;… (2007) 3 copies
Het Beste Boek 237: De codex / De eerste gast / Voltreffer / De pianist — Author — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 278 - Der Canyon. Die Heideärztin. Gambling. Die Sturmfängerin (2008) — Author — 1 copy
Det Bästas Bokval (2005) vol 240 : Nattväktarna; Nätterna vid havet; Kodex; Damernas detektivbyrå — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Preston, Douglas J.
- Birthdate
- 1956-05-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Round Pond, Maine, USA - Education
- Pomona College
Cambridge School of Weston - Occupations
- editor
writer
manager of publications
professor
research associate
School of American Research (Boardmember) - Relationships
- Preston, Richard (brother)
Dickinson, Emily (Ancestor) - Organizations
- 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 - Short biography
- 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.
- Disambiguation notice
- 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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- Rating
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Meanwhile in the present, Lt. Vincent D’Agosta finds himself returning to the Museum of Natural History, the site of two of Pendergast’s earliest cases, in order to investigate a classic locked-room mystery. Out in Denver, Special Agent Armstrong Coldmoon investigates a murder on a nearby Reservation. His superiors and the local police think the case is open-and-shut, but his doubts reveal the duplication and theft of Native American artwork and items of cultural patrimony with links to D’Agosta’s case. Soon, Pendergast’s two former partners find themselves working together to uncover how many items were stolen and where they ended up.
The story concludes on a cliffhanger, with a teaser promising a final confrontation between Pendergasts past and present. In expanding upon a narrative that began in The Cabinet of Curiosities, Preston & Child find themselves on safe ground so that long-time fans can follow the narrative leaps time travel brings to the story. The B-story focused on D’Agosta and Coldmoon gives each a chance to shine while affording them the opportunity to learn from each other’s insights. A good addition to the Pendergast series that promises an exciting conclusion in the forthcoming twenty-second novel.… (more)