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Adam Higginbotham
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Author of New York Times bestsellers MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL tinyurl.com/y8sn4wuu and CHALLENGER tinyurl.com/2s3bvtf3
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    Adam Higginbotham
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    Feb 12, 2019
    I have hundreds of pictures I would have liked to include in “Midnight In Chernobyl” but only limited space. So I’ll post a few of them here, starting with images from before the accident. The book is out today: bit.ly/2GngnVa #Chernobyl @sovietvisuals
    Chernobyl Unit 4, photographed around the time it first came online, in December 1983. (Petr Vyhovsky/Pripyat-city.ru)
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Feb 13, 2019
    Another short thread of #Chernobyl pictures, again taken before the accident. “Midnight In Chernobyl” is out now: bit.ly/2GngnVa @HOCommunism @sovietvisuals
    An undated shot of Chernobyl Reactor No.3, showing the massive scale of the RBMK-1000. Reactor Nos. 3 and 4 were built back to back, and almost identical (Alexander Sich)
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Nov 22, 2019
    I’m honored—and astonished—that MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL is one of @nytimesbooks Ten Best Books of 2019. And it’s past five o’clock! Cheers!
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Jan 27, 2020
    Thank-you @ALALibrary and the committee of the Andrew Carnegie for this recognition. I'm very honored!
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    American Library Association
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    Jan 26, 2020
    Congratulations to @HigginbothamA —#MidnightInChernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster is the winner of the 2020  #ALA_Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction!  @SSEdLib @simonschuster #alamw20 #ALAbma
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Apr 20, 2020
    Thanks to the judges of the Colby Award! I’m grateful to be in the company of so many authors whose work I admire--
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    Norwich University
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    Apr 20, 2020
    .@HigginbothamA wins Colby award for ‘Midnight in Chernobyl,’ a book about nuclear meltdown. bit.ly/2XSDCOS #NUColby
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Feb 13, 2019
    Now for some of the protagonists from the story. First, my favorite image: the nuclear engineer Alexander Yuvchenko and his wife Natalia, on the night of his 24th birthday, in October 1985 (Natalia Yuvchenko)
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Apr 26, 2021
    Valery Khodemchuk, with his wife Natalia and her sisters, in the winter of 1972. Valery became the first victim of the Chernobyl accident, killed by the explosion of Reactor No.4 thirty-five years ago today. (Chernobyl National Museum, Kyiv)
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    Adam Higginbotham
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    Nov 5, 2019
    I'm thrilled to report that MIDNIGHT IN CHERNOBYL is a finalist for the 2020 ALA Carnegie Medals in non-fiction. Thank-you!
    ALA Unveils 2020 Carnegie Medals Shortlist | American Libraries Magazine
    From americanlibrariesmagazine.org
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Sep 7, 2019
    I’m delighted and honoured to be included in such great company on the 2019 HWA non-fiction shortlist. Congratulations to all the other authors—and thanks to the judges!
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    Historia – the HWA
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    Sep 5, 2019
    Replying to @HistoriaHWA @TransworldBooks and 8 others
    That's the end of the 2019 #HWA @SharpeBooks Non-fiction Crown Award shortlist. Huge congratulations to all the shorltlisted authors! Come back at 4pm for the HWA Gold Crown shortlist.
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Mar 26, 2020
    I'm honored that Midnight In Chernobyl has been long-listed alongside so many wonderful books for the #RSLOndaatje Prize
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    Royal Society of Literature
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    Mar 26, 2020
    We’re proud to announce the 2020 #RSLOndaatje Prize Longlist. The £10,000 Prize is awarded annually to a book – fiction, non-fiction or poetry – which best evokes the spirit of a place. In these times of isolation, their works are more important than ever: rsliterature.org/award/rsl-onda…
    The longlisted books for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Feb 13, 2019
    Replying to @HigginbothamA
    On the left here is Leonid Toptunov, senior reactor control operator on the night of the accident, with his friend Alexander Korol (center) and a fellow student on a trip in 1981 (Alexander Korol)
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    Adam Higginbotham
    @HigginbothamA
    Apr 12, 2020
    I cannot watch this enough.
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    Adam Higginbotham
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    Oct 13, 2021
    Chernobyl power plant director Viktor Petrovich Brukhanov gathering mushrooms with his wife Valentina and son Oleg in the woods near Pripyat, 1980. Brukhanov has reportedly died at the age of 85. (Photo: Valentina Brukhanov)
    Chernobyl power plant director Viktor Brukhanov, who died this week at the age of 85, gathering mushrooms with his wife and son in the woods near Pripyat, 1980. (Photo: Valentina Brukhanov)
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    Adam Higginbotham
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    Feb 13, 2019
    Replying to @HigginbothamA
    This is Maria Protsenko, chief architect for the city of Pripyat, at her desk after the accident (Maria Protsenko)