Michael Crichton

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Michael John Crichton 

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(1942 - )  He was born in Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1942. He was educated at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with A.B (summa cum laude) in 1964. Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Cambridge University, England, 1965. Graduated Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1969; post-doctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, California 1969-1970. Visiting Writer, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, 1988..

Awards:

Recipient of Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, 1968 (for the "A Case of Need"); and 1980 (for the "The Great Train Robbery"). Association of American Medical Writers Award, 1970 (for the "Five Patients") ; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technical Achievment Award, 1995 (for pioneering computerized motion picture budgeting and scheduling"); Best Dramatic Series, 1996 (for "ER"); Best Long Form Television Script of 1995 (for "ER").

Novels:
The Andromeda Strain, 1969
The Terminal Man, 1972
The Great Train Robbery, 1975
Eaters of the Dead, 1976
Congo, 1980
Jurassic Park, 1990
Rising Sun, 1992
The Lost World, 1995
Timeline, 1999
Prey, 2002
State of Fear, 2004

Non-Fictions:
Five Patients, 1970
Jasper Johns, 1977
Electronic Life, 1983

Films:
The Andromeda Strain, 1971
The Terminal Man, 1974
Coma, 1978 (writer/director)
The Great Train Robbery, 1979 (writer/director)
Jurassic Park, 1993 (Co-writer)
Rising Sun, 1993 (Co-writer)
Congo, 1995
Twister, 1996 (Co-writer/Co-producer)
The Lost World, 1997
13th warrior, 1999 (Co-producer)
Timeline, 2003

Television:
ER, 1994 (Co-exec. producer)

Interwiew with Michel Chricton:

- 'What advice do you have for someone who wants to be a writer?'
-' I am sorry to say I don't have any advice except to write as much as you can, and keep writing. It's often said that if you can do anything else with your life, you should, because the life of a writer can be a difficult one. I think that's a good advice. If you really want to pursue writing, threr are some journals you can use for guidance and reference: The Writer, and Writer's Digest, both of which have articles about writing, and list publishers for books and magazines. Nearly all libraries have these journals.'

- 'Where do you get your ideas for your books?'
- ' I wish I knew. They just seem to come from nowhere. Burt often I think people put too much emphasis on the "idea" behind a story, anyway. First of all, there isn't just one idea in a story, there are lots of ideas. And second, an idea by itself isn't worth much until you do the work necessary to get it down on paper. And in the course of doing the writing, the idea often changes. It's similar to the difference between having an idea for a building, and actually constucting the building. The building often turns out differently from the original plan or intention.'