Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton October 23 1942 November 4 2008 best known as Michael Crichton was an American author producer director and screenwriter best known for his work in the science fiction medical fiction and thriller genres His books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide and many have been adapted into films In 1994 Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at 1 in television film and book sales with ER Jurassic Park and Disclosure respectively His literary works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology His novels epitomize the technothriller genre of literature often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings reflecting his medical training and science background He was the author of among others Jurassic Park The Andromeda Strain Congo Travels Sphere Rising Sun Disclosure The Lost World Airframe Timeline Prey State of Fear Next the final book published before his death Pirate Latitudes published November 24 2009 and a final unfinished technothriller yet to be released Forbes listed Crichton in tenth place in its list of TopEarning Dead Celebrities of 2009 Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Crichton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia