For Sherri Crichton, the book and the possible movie are nothing short of a miraculous return of a man who she married in 2005 and abruptly lost while carrying their now 15-year-old son, John Michael.

By the time he was 30, he had already written and directed a movie and was the best-selling author of “Andromeda Strain,” which was talking about — then 50 years ago — a pandemic.

The manuscript was left unfinished by Michael Crichton at the time of his passing in 2008. Hachette Book Group’s Little, Brown and Company acquired world and translation rights, excluding the UK.

He has written more than 100 New York Times bestselling books featuring unforgettable characters and series, like Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith and Maximum Ride — as well as ...

Michael Crichton's thriller about a massive volcanic eruption in Hawaii was unfinished when the "Jurassic Park" author died in 2008; more than 15 years later, James Patterson, the bestselling ...

Michael Crichton initially wrote Jurassic Park as a screenplay before a book, but there's a good reason that he didn't ...

Crichton's work combines thrilling plots with detailed research, making his novels feel like movies or video games. His top-rated books on Goodreads cover topics like climate change, nanobot ...

The 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park" was born out of the fertile mind of author Michael Crichton, who died in 2008 from cancer at 66. His other hits include books-turned-movies such as "Westworld ...

Odds On John Lange. Hard Case Crime (www.HardCaseCrime.com), $9.95 (274p) ISBN 978-1-78329-118-2 In the 1960s, Michael Crichton wrote hardboiled pulp fiction under the pseudonym John Lange.

USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week. 1. Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton (Harper, fiction, on sale May 23) ...

Books 'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton dies of cancer at age 66 Published: Nov. 05, 2008, 5:20 p.m.