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THE BEST WRITERS AND BOOKS!
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DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD
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"TYRANNOSAURUS  CANYON," by Douglas Preston

This scholar and very able writer writes non-fiction, thriller/mystery-type books, and has articles regularly appearing in a number of leading national magazines. He divides his time between Santa Fe and Maine. In the 1990's he began teaming with another writer, Lincoln Child, in a series of co-authored books about one of the world's most famous detectives, A.X.L. Pendergast. This is an on-going relationship with the two writers, and their next eagerly awaited Pendergast novel will be published in December, 2012.

"Tyrannosaurus Canyon," Preston's book, is a thriller about the search for a complete tyrannosaurus fossil in the wild mountainous country of northern New Mexico, and the murders which take place there. It is light, interesting, and absorbing reading.

Make no mistake, Preston (and his partner) are very talented. Here is a quote from Preston's book: "He leaned back on the rock with a sigh, pulled his robe more tightly about himself, and raised his eyes to the stars. It was almost midnight and a gibbous moon was creeping over the canyon rim. He picked out some of the constellations he knew---Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, and the Pleiades.

The glowing expanse of the Milky Way stretched across the sky; following with his eyes he located the constellation Cygnus, the swan frozen in its flight across the  galactic corner. He had read there was a gigantic hole in the center of the galaxy, called Cygnus X-1, one hundred million suns swallowed up and compressed into a mathematical point--and he wondered at the audacity of human beings to think they could understand anything at all about the true nature of God."

Preston's education and background are impressive. He studied mathematics, biology, physics, anthropology, geology, and astronomy and then settled into English literature. He began a career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, as editor, writer, and finally manager of publications. He taught fiction writing at Princeton.

In 1986, Preston moved to Santa Fe to write full-time. He made a 1000 mile trip on horseback, with a  pack animal, sleeping along the way under the stars---following Coronado's route for background material on his book "Cities of Gold." In addition to his fiction books, he has also published a number of non-fiction works.

 Lincoln Child began writing early---in the second grade. By high school he was attempting science-fiction stories. After majoring in English at Carleton College, he landed a job at St. Martin's Press, as an assistant editor. By 1984 he was a full editor there. He has edited over a hundred books, from many authors, including James Heriot and M.M. Kaye.

  He has an interest in writing, editing, and collecting ghost stories. He is also an expert in computer programming and systems analysis.  He lives in New Jersey and now writes full time, collaborating with his writing partner, Preston, by mail and email.

  These men are captivating, prolific and "heavy duty" writers, in my estimation! For further info and book lists, Google their website as shown below.

http://www.prestonchild.com

                             Douglas Preston                      Lincoln Child

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   BY MIL

   10/30/12

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