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Backstories: Douglas Preston '78
This week we’re joined by The New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston ’78. An accomplished journalist, Preston is the author of more than 20 novels including the Special Agent Pendergast series along with co-author Lincoln Child.
Preston started his career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which had an incredible impact on his career going forward. He went on to write the novel Relic, which became The Relic, a monster-horror film released in 1997.
During his research for his novel The Monster of Florence, he found himself a little more involved than a journalist normally likes to be. He tells us about how he was charged with crimes by an Italian prosecutor.
Preston also shares childhood stories about him and his brother Richard Preston ’76 and explains how telling gross stories at the dinner table became a competition, and eventually lucrative writing careers for him and his brother.
Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest
Produced by: Jeff Hing
Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-dougpreston-081220.txt
Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/mGJboQskReQ
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This week we’re joined by The New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston ’78. An accomplished journalist, Preston is the author of more than 20 novels including the Special Agent Pendergast series along with co-author Lincoln Child.
Preston started his career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which had an incredible impact on his career going forward. He went on to write the novel Relic, which became The Relic, a monster-horror film released in 1997.
During his research for his novel The Monster of Florence, he found himself a little more involved than a journalist normally likes to be. He tells us about how he was charged with crimes by an Italian prosecutor.
Preston also shares childhood stories about him and his brother Richard Preston ’76 and explains how telling gross stories at the dinner table became a competition, and eventually lucrative writing careers for him and his brother.
Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest
Produced by: Jeff Hing
Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-dougpreston-081220.txt
Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/mGJboQskReQ