Douglas Preston

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Douglas Preston (born May 20, 1956 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) is an American writer .

Life

He studied at Pomona College in Claremont , California , mathematics , biology , physics , anthropology , chemistry , geology and astronomy , before moving to English literature and graduated there.

Preston worked for the American Museum of Natural History in New York from 1978 to 1985 and also taught at Princeton University . In 1985 he published his first book on the museum. In 1986 he started his own business as a writer. His first novel Jennie was published in 1994, and it became a huge success.

While working at the Natural History Museum, he met Lincoln Child . During a night tour of the museum, Preston and Child came up with the idea for the book Relic , which was published in 1995.

Preston lived with his family in Florence for a while . There he met the Italian journalist Mario Spezi . Together with Spezi he worked into the case of the monster of Florence and they published a very critical book about the investigation. They did the same in the Meredith Kercher murder .

Douglas Preston is the younger brother of Richard Preston , who is also a writer .

Works

  • Dinosaurs in the Attic - An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History .
  • Cities of Gold - A Journey Across the American Southwest . 1991
  • Jennie . 1994
  • Ribbons of Time . 1996
  • The Royal Road . 1998
  • The Codex . 2004 (German Der Codex , translated by Ronald M. Hahn)
  • Tyrannosaur Canyon . 2005 (German Der Canyon , translated by Katharina Volk)
  • Blasphemy . 2008 (German Credo. The last secret , translated by Katharina Volk)
  • The Monster of Florence: A True Story . 2008 (with Mario Spezi, German Die Bestie von Florenz , translated by Katharina Volk)
  • Impact . 2010 (German Der Krater , translated by Katharina Volk, 12/2010), ISBN 978-3-426-50048-4
  • The Witch of Perugia . 2013 (with Mario Spezi, German The Angel with the Ice Eyes , translated by Kathrin Wolf and Maria Zybak)
  • The Kraken Project . 2014 (German Dark Zero , translated by Michael Benthack)
  • The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story. 2017 (German The City of the Monkey God: An unknown civilization, a mysterious curse, a true story , translated by Jürgen Neubauer)

Audiobooks (excerpt)

With Lincoln Child

Fed Aloysius Pendergast Series

  1. 1995: Relic (German Relic - Museum of Fear , translated by Thomas A. Merk)
  2. 1997: Reliquary (German Attic - danger from the depths , translated by Thomas A. Merk; continuation of Relic )
  3. 2002: The Cabinet of Curiosities (German Formula - Tunnel des Grauens , translated by Klaus Fröba)
  4. 2003: Still Life with Crows (German ritual - Höhle des Schreckens , translated by Klaus Fröba)
  5. 2004: Brimstone , Diogenes Trilogy 1 (German Burn Case - smell of the devil , translated by Klaus Fröba)
  6. 2005: Dance of Death , Diogenes Trilogy 2 (German Dark Secret - Mörderische Jagd , translated by Michael Benthack; continuation of Brimstone )
  7. 2006: The Book of the Dead , Diogenes-Trilogie 3 (German Maniac - Curse of the Past , translated by Michael Benthack; continuation of Dance of Death )
  8. 2007: The Wheel of Darkness (German Darkness - competition with time , translated by Michael Benthack)
  9. 2009: Cemetery Dance (German Cult - Game of the Dead )
  10. 2011: Fever Dream , Helen Trilogy 1 (German Fever - shadows of the past )
  11. 2011: Cold Vengeance , Helen-Trilogie 2 (German Revenge - Eiskalte Tülle , translated by Michael Benthack, continuation of 'Fever')
  12. 2012: Two Graves , Helen-Trilogie 3 (German Fear - Grab des Schreckens , translated by Michael Benthack, continuation of Revenge )
  13. 2013: White Fire (German Attack - Invisible Feind , translated by Michael Benthack)
  14. 2014: Blue Labyrinth (German Labyrinth - Elixir of Death , translated by Michael Benthack)
  15. 2015: Crimson Shore (German Demon - Swamp of the Dead , translated by Michael Benthack)
  16. 2016: The Obsidian Chamber (German Obsidian - Chamber of Evil )
  17. 2017: City of Endless Night (German headhunt - campaign of revenge )
  18. 2018: Verses for the Dead (German Grave - Verse der Toten , publication date German edition: December 2019)
  19. 2020: Crooked River (German Ocean - Insel des Grauens )

Gideon crew series

  1. Gideon's sword, 2011 (German Mission - Spiel auf Zeit , translated by Michael Benthack, publication date: May 2, 2011)
  2. Gideon's Corpse, 2012 (German Countdown - Every second counts , release date: November 2, 2012)
  3. The Lost Island, 2014 (German Lost Island - Expedition in den Tod , date of publication: March 2, 2015)
  4. Beyond the Ice Limit, 2016 (German Ice Limit - Abgrund der Finsternis , release date: 2017)
  5. The Pharaoh key , 2018 (German Pharaoh Key - Tödliche Desert , publication date: 2019)

Corrie Swanson and Nora Kelly series

  1. Old Bones , 2019 (German Old Bones - Dead never lie , release date: August 3, 2020)

Others

  • Mount Dragon . 1996 (German Mount Dragon - Labor des Todes , translated by Thomas A. Merk)
  • Riptide . 1998 (German Riptide - Murderous Flood , translated by Thomas A. Merk)
  • Thunderhead . 1999 (German Thunderhead - Schlucht des Verderbens , translated by Thomas A. Merk)
  • The Ice Limit . 2000 (German Ice Ship - deadly freight , translated by Klaus Fröba)

Film adaptations

  • 1996: The Relic
  • 2001: Jennie, the Indomitable (The Jennie Project)
  • 2002: Superfire - Inferno in Oregon (Superfire)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Verses for the Dead . July 3, 2018 ( grandcentralpublishing.com [accessed January 18, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Crooked River . February 4, 2020 ( grandcentralpublishing.com [accessed February 13, 2020]).
  3. ↑ http://www.preston-child.de/prestonchild/die-buecher/countdown-tb

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Preston, Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA