Adam Higginbotham

About The Author

Adam Higginbotham has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, and Smithsonian. He is the author of Midnight in Chernobyl, which was the winner of the William E. Colby Award and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. He lives with his family in New York City.

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Books by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By Adam Higginbotham

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the Kirkus Nonfiction Prize • Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • A New York Times Notable Book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stunning…A heart-poundin...

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Midnight in Chernobyl

The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

By Adam Higginbotham

A New York Times Best Book of the Year
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner

From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York...

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