Adam Higginbotham

Adam Higginbotham
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Somerset, England
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNon-fiction and investigative journalism
Notable awards2020 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-fiction
Website
www.adamhigginbotham.com

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 (ISBN 978-1-98217-661-7), about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

  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.