Michael Crichton

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AKA: Jeffery Hudson, John Michael Crichton, John Lange, Michael Douglas
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/23/1942
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Date: 11/04/2008

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Dubbed “The Father of the Techno Thriller,” author Michael Crichton first established himself as a physician and lecturer before turning his expertise to books, films and television. Though he penned several books under various pseudonyms, Crichton emerged as a best-selling genre writer with The Andromeda Strain (1969). Shortly after Robert Wise's successful film adaptation of that novel in 1971, Crichton moved into feature directing himself with "Westworld" (1973), a robot thriller set in a Western theme park. Over the ensuing decades, Crichton churned out numerous and eminently readable Continued

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Raised in Roslyn, Long Island
 
Taught anthropology for one year at Cambridge University
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Published several novels under the pseudonym John Lange
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Co-authored Dealing with his younger brother Douglas under the shared pen name Michael Douglas
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First screen credit from a novel, "The Andromeda Strain"
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