Today's author is Michael Crichton.
Quick Facts:
1. He was born on October 23, 1942 in Chicago and died (cancer) at age 66 on November 4, 2008 in Los Angeles.
2. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard, received his MD from Harvard Medical School, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
3. He taught courses in anthropology at Cambridge University and writing at MIT.
4. Crichton's first bestseller, The Andromeda Strain, was published while he was still a medical student.
5. His feature film Westworld was the first to use computer-generated special effects (1973) and his use of computer programs for film production won him a Technical Achievement Academy Award in 1995.
6. As the creator of the television series ER, he won an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Writer's Guild of America Award.
7. In 2002, a newly discovered ankylosaur was named for him: Crichtonsaurus bohlini.
8. He wrote 15 novels (including Jurassic Park, Congo and Disclosure), 5 non-fiction books, and 2 screenplays.
9. He was producer, director or writer for 20 movies.
10. Harper Collins will soon publish 2 posthumous novels, one in 2009 and another in 2010.
Have you read any of Michael Crichton's books? Which one is your favorite? Have you seen any of his movies? Were you a fan of ER?
I really liked Disclosure (and the movie with Michael Douglas and Demi Moore). ER was my favorite show. I've seen every single episode. It's so sad he died only months before the last episode aired.
