Richard Preston Books | List of Books by Richard Preston

Whether fiction or nonfiction, Richard Preston's bestselling books — about disastrous scientific scenarios — are always impeccably researched, informative, and deftly drawn. His 1998 novel The Cobra Event, about biological terrorism, was reportedly given to then President Clinton to read. Stephen King called his nonfiction book The Hot Zone, the terrifying true story of the Ebola virus, "One of the most horrifying things I've ever read."

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Richard Preston Books and BiographyAmerican journalist and author, Richard Preston, was born on August 5, 1954 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When his 1992 New Yorker article, "Crisis in the Hot Zone" was made into a book, The Hot Zone, he became a bestselling author almost instantaneously. Richard Preston's books often involve disastrous scientific scenarios including the Ebola virus, fictional viruses, and bio-terrorism.