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Douglas Preston

1956 - Today

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Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the Agent Pendergast series and Gideon Crew series), he has also written six solo novels, including the Wyman Ford series and a novel entitled Jennie, which was made into a movie by Disney. He has authored a half-dozen nonfiction books on science and exploration and writes occasionally for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and other magazines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Preston is the 3,759th most popular writer (down from 3,286th in 2019), the 5,433rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,176th in 2019) and the 428th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Douglas Preston ranks 3,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikheil Javakhishvili, André Aciman, Peter Cheyney, Ella Maillart, Ryōtarō Shiba, and Charles Malik. After him are Joseph Joffo, Louis Adamic, Bret Easton Ellis, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Sumitranandan Pant, and Pedro Juan Gutiérrez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Douglas Preston ranks 208. Before him are Christiana Figueres, Catherine Frot, Keith David, Mae Jemison, Peter Schilling, and Maurice Cheeks. After him are Matthew Garber, Chris Carter, Choi Soon-sil, John Paul Getty III, Tim McInnerny, and Jerry Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Preston ranks 5,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Arnold (1916), Jim Walton (1948), Maurice Cheeks (1956), Maude Adams (1872), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), and Ishi (1860). After him are Elizabeth Perkins (1960), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Charles Reidpath (1889), John Hay (1838), and William Stewart Halsted (1852).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Douglas Preston ranks 428. Before him are Reginald Rose (1920), Peter Gould (1950), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and Cotton Mather (1663). After him are Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), V. C. Andrews (1923), and Anna Katharine Green (1846).

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