Douglas Preston has published 38 books, both fiction and nonfiction, 32 of which have been New York Times bestsellers. In addition to books, he writes occasional pieces for The New Yorker. He is the creator, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of novels. Preston’s most recent nonfiction book, The Lost City of the Monkey God , was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller and was named by the Times as a Notable Book of the Year, and his nonfiction book The Monster of Florence is currently in production as a television series. Preston previously worked as an editor for the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild, the nation’s oldest and largest association of authors and journalists.