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Michael Crichton

Dr. John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942) is an author of science fiction novels and producer of films and television programs. His genre can be best described as techno-thriller which is usually the marriage of action and technical details. Crichton received an M.D. degree from Harvard University's Medical School. While in medical school, he wrote novels under the pen names John Lange and Jeffery Hudson.

He is perhaps best known for writing Jurassic Park (1990) and The Andromeda Strain (1969), and has written many other books based on scientific themes. He also is the creator and executive producer of the television drama ER.

His other books include Prey (2002), dealing with a swarm of nano-robots out of control; Congo, about the search for industrial diamonds and a new race of gorillas; and Timeline, dealing with space-time travel and the 14th century.

Among his non-fiction works is Travels, which contains autobiographical episodes.

Family

• Father: John Henderson Crichton
• Mother: Zula Miller Crichton
• Brother: Douglass Crichton
• Daughter: Taylor Crichton
• Ex-wives:
  • Joan Radam (1965-1970)
  • Kathy St. Johns (1978-1980)
  • Suzanne Childs.
• Current wife: Anne-Marie Martin

Fiction

• 1966 Odds On - written as John Lange
• 1967 Scratch One - written as John Lange
• 1968 Easy Go - written as John Lange
• 1968 A Case of Need - written as Jeffery Hudson
• 1969 Venom Business - written as John Lange
• 1969 Zero Cool - written as John Lange
• 1969 The Andromeda Strain
• 1970 Grave Descend - written as John Lange
• 1970 Drug of Choice - written as John Lange
• 1970 Dealing - written with his brother Douglass Crichton as Michael Douglas
• 1972 Binary - written as John Lange
• 1972 The Terminal Man
• 1975 The Great Train Robbery
• 1976 Eaters of the Dead
• 1980 Congo
• 1987 Sphere
• 1990 Jurassic Park
• 1992 Rising Sun
• 1993 Disclosure
• 1995 The Lost World
• 1996 Airframe
• 1999 Timeline
• 2002 Prey

Non-Fiction

• 1970 Five Patients
• 1977 Jasper Johns
• 1983 Electronic Life
• 1988 Travels

Directed Movies

• 1972 Pursuit (a TV movie)
• 1973 Westworld
• 1978 Coma
• 1979 The Great Train Robbery
• 1981 Looker
• 1984 Runaway
• 1989 Physical Evidence

Screenplay

• 1973 Extreme Close Up
• 1996 Twister - co-written with his wife Anne-Marie Martin

Films based on work by Michael Crichton

• 1971 The Andromeda Strain
• 1972 Dealing
• 1972 The Carey Treatment (A Case of Need)
• 1972 The Terminal Man
• 1979 The Great Train Robbery
• 1993 Rising Sun
• 1993 Jurassic Park
• 1994 Disclosure
• 1995 Congo
• 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• 1998 Sphere
• 1999 The 13th Warrior (Eaters of the Dead)
• 2001 Jurassic Park III
• 2003 Timeline

TV Series

• 1994- ER

See also

science fiction: authors - novels - short stories - television shows