Trivia

Brother of Richard Preston.

Stepfather of DP Selene Richholt.

Worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Writes about archaeology and anthropology for the New Yorker magazine.

President of the Authors Guild.

Taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University.

Has written for Natural History, National Geographic, Harper's, Smithsonian and The Atlantic.

In 2019 he was elected President of the Authors Guild.

Served as managing editor for the journal Curator and was a columnist for Natural History magazine.

From 1978 to 1985 he worked for the American Museum of Natural History as a writer, editor, and manager of publications.

Graduate of the Cambridge School of Weston in Weston, Massachusetts.

Graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California.