
Some of his famous works include the novels like ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Pirate Latitudes’, ‘Timeline’, ‘Rising Sun’, ‘The Lost World’, ‘Disclosure Congo’, ‘Dragon Teeth’ and ‘The Andromeda Strain’ among others. Crichton’s novels are famous for the depiction of futuristic technology, disasters due to man’s inability to handle it and elements of biotechnology. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and took up a fellowship at Salk Institute of Biological Studies, but he did not pursue a career in medicine and instead decided to become a writer. Crichton was one of the most famous authors in science and medical fiction and according to some estimates, 200 million copies of his books have been sold globally and many of them have also been turned into successful films. John Michael Crichton was an American physician, novelist, screen play writer, director and producers who became one of the most popular and best-selling authors in the world during the course of his career that spanned several decades.
