Adam Higginbotham was born in England in 1968. His narrative non-fiction and feature writing has appeared in magazines including GQ, The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of 'A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite,' named one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2014 and optioned as a film by Warner Brothers.He recently completed 'Midnight In Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster.'
The former US correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph Magazine and editor-in-chief of The Face, he lives with his family in New York City.