Richard’s books, which explore dramatic, hidden worlds of nature and human experience, have been translated into 35 languages. His first was the #1 New York Times bestseller The Hot Zone (one of his “non-fiction thrillers,” this one bringing the terrifying threat of the Ebola virus to the stunned consciousness of the world), which inspired the movie Outbreak, starring Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman. Richard earned that improbable honor, signifying the respect of the scientific community, as the author of ten meticulously researched and compulsively readable books which mesmerize the general public with their brutal insights into urgent scientific crises, and have even pushed a president into action. That child would have been astounded to know that, although he won’t make that trip, there is now an asteroid named for him (Asteroid3792Preston) which, as his adult self notes, “travels on a wild orbit near Mars, and could some day slam into the earth.” Wellesley High School Author: Richard Preston (1972)Īs a little boy in Wellesley, Richard Preston’s dream was to be a starship colonist heading for Alpha Centauri.
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