"Conversations with Michael Crichton" brings together decades of
interviews and profiles with one of the world's most successful
authors. Michael Crichton (1942-2008) had many careers-doctor,
novelist, film director, screenwriter-but was best known to
millions of readers as "Father of the techno-thriller." His novels
have sold more than 150 million copies, have been translated into
thirty-six languages, and have been made into thirteen films. He
remains the only writer to have had simultaneously the number-one
book, the number-one movie, and the number-one television show.
While still a student at Harvard Medical School, Crichton's
first novel, "The Andromeda Strain," became a bestseller. He left
medicine and moved to Los Angeles, intent on pursuing dual careers
as a writer and filmmaker. His writings had an unmatched
prescience, anticipating public interest about emerging technology
and controversial topics. His suspenseful plotting and technical
detail were evident in subsequent novels such as "Jurassic Park,"
"Congo," "Sphere," "Rising Sun," "Disclosure," "Timeline," "State
of Fear," "Next," and the posthumously published "Pirate
Latitudes." He received an Academy Award in 1995 for his pioneering
use of computer programs in film production, and was the creator
and co-executive producer of ER (1994-2009), for which he earned
WGA, Emmy, and Peabody awards.
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