Crichton, (John) Michael

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CRICHTON, (John) Michael

CRICHTON, (John) Michael. Also writes as Michael Douglas, Jeffrey Hudson, John Lange. American, b. 1942. Genres: Novels, Science fiction/Fantasy, Plays/Screenplays, Medicine/Health. Career: Post-doctoral fellow, Salk Institute, La Jolla, 1969-70; visiting writer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1988; physician, currently. Publications: The Andromeda Strain, 1969; Five Patients: The Hospital Explained, 1970; The Terminal Man, 1972; The Great Train Robbery, 1975; Eaters of the Dead, 1976; Jasper Johns, 1977; Congo, 1980; Electronic Life: How to Think about Computers, 1983; Sphere, 1987; Travels, 1988; Jurassic Park, 1990, screenplay, 1993; Rising Sun, 1992, screenplay, 1993; Disclosure, 1994; The Lost World, 1995; Airframe, 1996; Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, 1997; Timeline, 1999; Prey, 2002. SCREENPLAYS: Westworld, 1973; Looker, 1981; Runaway, 1984; (with A.-M. Martin) Twister, 1996. AS MICHAEL DOUGLAS: (with D. Crichton) Dealing: or, The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, 1972. AS JEFFREY HUDSON: A Case of Need, 1968. AS JOHN LANGE: Odds On, 1966; Scratch One, 1967; Easy Go, 1968; Zero Cool, 1969; The Venom Business, 1969; Drug of Choice, 1970; Grave Descend, 1970; Binary, 1972. Address: c/o Page & Jenkins Financial Services, 433 N Camden Dr Ste 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4443, U.S.A.

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