John Preston
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 30 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 1,1587 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Upper Heyford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | April 28,1994 |
| Died | Portland |
| Maine | |
| United States | |
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| Movies/Shows | Timber Terrors |
| Courage of the North | |
| Tomorrow's Children | |
| The Beast of Borneo | |
| Killer in the Dark | |
| Awards | Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction |
| Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Anthologies | |
| Nominations | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography |
| Edited works | Views Into the Chinese... |
| Education | Northampton School for Boys |
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| ID | 425383 |
Winter's light
I once had a master and other tales of erotic love
Franny, the queen of Provincetown
The love of a master
Entertainment for a master
Deadly Lies
In Search of a Master
The Arena
My Life as a Pornographer & Other Indecent Acts
Hot Living: Erotic Stories about Safer Sex
Disaster Education: ‘Race', Equity and Pedagogy
Hustling: A Gentleman's Guide to the Fine Art of Homosexual Prostitution
Lethal Silence
Sweet Dreams
Tales from the Dark Lord II
Secret Danger
Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning: The Existential Threat of Competency
A Morning in the Life of Henry Faulkner
Tales from the Dark Lord
Whiteness in Academia: Counter-Stories of Betrayal and Resistance
Journals of a Master: Two Classic Gay Erotic Novels
Stolen Moments
The Created Self: The Reader's Role in Eighteenth-century Fiction
The Big Gay Book: A Man's Survival Guide for the 90's
Safe Sex: The Ultimate Erotic Guide
Classified Affairs: A Gay Man's Guide to the Personal Ads
Golden Years
Mr
Sexual Underground
The Heir ; the King: Two Novels
Learn Word 97
Safe Sex Workbook
We Were Baptized Too: Claiming God's Grace for Lesbians and Gays
The Puritans on Prayer
Computer Literacy for IC3 Unit 2: Using Productivity Software
The breast-plate of faith and love
John Preston Life story
John Preston was an Anglican minister and master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Costa Book Awards: Robert Maxwell biography among winners
... Judges said John Preston s biography Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, was " epic" and " a unanimous winner"...
... At home, meanwhile, he is depicted in Fall, John Preston s biography, as a " draconian father" who abused his children both physically and verbally...
Costa Book Awards: Robert Maxwell biography among winners
A book about The Rise and fall of media mogul Robert Maxwell has won best biography at the Costa Book Awards.
Judges said John Preston 's biography Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell , was " epic" and " a unanimous winner".
Jewish publishing tycoon Maxwell by fleeing to France as a teenager, later becoming a Labour MP and businessman.
But on his death, unscrupulous dealings and long-hidden debts came to light, his reputation in tatters.
He vanished from the deck of his yacht off the Canary Islands in November 1991 and his body was later Found Floating in The Sea .
The win comes shortly after for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
The yacht Robert Maxwell disappeared from was named After Her .
Author Preston is a former arts editor and TV critic for various newspapers and has also enjoyed a career as a successful novelist.
His 1997 book The Dig was made into a recent Netflix film starring Ralph Fiennes , Carey Mulligan and Lily James .
Another of his books, A Very English Scandal, was made into a Bafta and Golden Globe-winning BBC TV series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw .
A TV version of Fall is also in The Works .
Preston is one of five winning authors in different genre Categories .
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Costa Book Awards, which are the only major prize Open solely to authors living in the UK and Ireland and celebrate books in five Categories - First Novel , novel, biography, poetry and children's book.
The category winners each receive £5,000 and are now in contention to Pick Up the overall Costa Book of the Year on 1 February.
Who are The Other winners?Source of news: bbc.com
