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Books by Richard Preston

Richard Preston is an American journalist and bestselling scientific author, a regular contributor to The New Yorker ever since 1985. Author of several exceptional nonfiction books on the subject of infectious diseases (“The Demon in the Freezer,” “Crisis in the Red Zone”) and a well-received novel (“The Cobra Event”), Preston is the only nondoctor who has received the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Champion of Prevention Award.

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The Hot Zone

Richard Preston

Adapted in an acclaimed 2019 National Geographic miniseries, “The Hot Zone” tells the terrifying true story of the origins of the deadly Ebola virus on African soil, its subsequent history of devastation, and, finally, its ominous arrival at the suburbs of Washington.

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