<p>Douglas Preston and his co-author Lincoln Child have produced countless bestselling novels, including 15 in the famous Special Agent Pendergast series. Two of those books, <i>Relic</i> and <i>The Cabinet of Curiosities</i>, were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written. In addition to his fiction, Preston also writes about archaeology for <i>The New Yorker</i> and <i>Smithsonian</i> magazine.</p>