Adam Higginbotham
Adam Higginbotham | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Somerset, England |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Non-fiction and investigative journalism |
| Notable awards | 2020 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-fiction |
| Website | |
| www | |
Adam Higginbotham (born 1968 in Somerset)[1] is a British journalist who is the former U.S. correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine and former editor-in-chief of The Face. He has also served as a contributing writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The New York Times.[2][3]
Higginbotham is the author of Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster, which received the 2020 William E. Colby Award for Military and Intelligence Writing, the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, and was selected one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by The New York Times.[4][5]
In 2024 Higginbotham released Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (ISBN 978-1-98217-661-7), about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
References
[edit]- ^ "About". adamhigginbotham.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Midnight in Chernobyl The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster By Adam Higginbotham". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Higginbotham, Adam. "The Pirates' Booty That Changed the Course of History". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Szalai, Jennifer. "An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ The Associated Press. "Book on Chernobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize". ABC News. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
