Adam Higginbotham Explained

Adam Higginbotham
Birth Place:	Somerset, England
Occupation:	Journalist
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction and investigative journalism
Awards:	2020 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-fiction

Adam Higginbotham (born 1968 in Somerset)^[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, about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Notes and References

1. Web site: About . 2023-09-20 . adamhigginbotham.com.
2. Web site: Midnight in Chernobyl The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster By Adam Higginbotham . Simon and Schuster . 8 June 2021.
3. Web site: Higginbotham . Adam . The Pirates’ Booty That Changed the Course of History . The New York Times . 8 June 2021.
4. Web site: Szalai . Jennifer. Jennifer Szalai . An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl . The New York Times . 8 June 2021.
5. Web site: The Associated Press . Book on Chernobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize . ABC News . 8 June 2021.