Richard preston author biography

Personal

Born August 5, 1954, in Cambridge, MA; son of Jerome, Jr. (a lawyer) and Dorothy (a painter and art historian; maiden name, McCann) Preston; married Michelle Parham (an editor), May 11, 1985; children: three.

Education: Pomona College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1977; Princeton University, Ph.D., 1983.

Addresses

Agent—Sallie Gouverneur, 10 Bleecker St., Apt. 4-A, New York, NY 10012.

Career

Novelist and journalist.

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, lecturer in English, 1983, staff writer, 1984-85; freelance writer, 1985—. Uriania, Inc., chief executive officer, 1986—.

Awards, Honors

Science-writing Award in Physics and Astronomy by a Professional Writer, American Institute of Physics, 1988, for First Light; Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992; Westinghouse Award, American Association of Arts and Sciences, 1993; Champion of Prevention Award, Centers for Disease Control.

Writings

First