Adam Higginbotham

Adam Higginbotham
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Somerset, England
Occupation	Journalist
Language	English
Subject	Non-fiction and investigative journalism
Notable awards	2020 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-fiction
Website
www.adamhigginbotham.com

Adam Higginbotham (born 1968) ^[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

1. "About". adamhigginbotham.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. "Midnight in Chernobyl The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster By Adam Higginbotham". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
3. Higginbotham, Adam. "The Pirates' Booty That Changed the Course of History". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
4. Szalai, Jennifer. "An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
5. The Associated Press. "Book on Chernobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize". ABC News. Retrieved 8 June 2021.