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
biography
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
