Richard Preston (Novelist ) was born in Massachusetts, United States on a Thursday, August 5, 1954 🎈. Richard Preston is 70 years old. He is a Leo ♌ and was born in the Year of the Horse 🐎.
Famous for his bestselling thriller The Hot Zone, as well as for his 2002 work The Demon in the Freezer, this fiction and nonfiction author also worked as a journalist for the New Yorker.
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| FULL NAME: | Richard Preston |
| BIRTH DATE: | August 5, 1954 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Massachusetts, United States |
| AGE: | 70 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Leo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Horse |
About
Richard Preston is a Novelist. Richard was born in the 1950s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
He and his wife, Michelle, settled in New Jersey with their three children. Find out who is Richard Preston dating right now.
He and his brother, fellow top-selling writer Douglas Preston, grew up near Boston, Massachusetts. The brothers both graduated from Pomona College in Southern California.
DID YOU KNOW He published his debut nonfiction work, First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, in the late 1980s. His first novel, The Cobra Event, followed a decade later.
FACT In 2011, Preston finished writing Micro, a novel that author Michael Crichton had been working on at the time of his death.
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Birthday
Currently, Richard Preston is 70 years old. His next birthday is away. Richard will celebrate his 71st birthday on a Thursday, August 5th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on August 5, 1954. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Richard Preston’s zodiac sign is Leo. People born between the dates of July 23rd and August 22nd belong to the fifth sign in the zodiac, Leo. Leos are known for being generous, self-confident, and determined. Libra is the most compatible sign for Leos.
Famous Leos celebrities are Madonna, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant, Kylie Jenner, Coco Chanel, Lil Yachty, Mila Kunis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Hemsworth, and Jennifer Lawrence. Leo ruling planet is Sun. Astrologically, Sun represents hope, life, and the force that drives you to seek the highest expression of yourself.
Richard Preston was born in the Year of the Horse. Horse symbolizes power, beauty, and freedom in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Horse are self-reliant, easygoing, witty, honest, and outspoken. They can also sometimes be impatient, impulsive, and self-centered.
This year is the Year of the Serpent.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Richard Preston is a 70 years old Novelist, born in August, in the Year of the Horse (1954), and is a Leo. His life path number is 5. Richard’s birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx, and his birth flower is Gladiolus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in August or specifically birthdays on August 5.
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