Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1942. He was educated at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.
Praise for Michael Crichton and The Andromeda Strain Compulsive reading.... [Crichton] has perfected the fusion of thriller with science fiction. -Los Angeles Times Canonical. -The Atlantic A reading windfall-compelling, memorable, superbly executed.... Achieves something important. -The New York Times The master of the high-concept technothriller.... [Crichton] has a knack for plotting at megahertz speed. -Chicago Sun-Times The Andromeda Strain invented a new genre, the technothriller....[Crichton] could make most readers lose sleep all night and call in sick the next day. -San Francisco Chronicle I love anything Michael Crichton writes. -Stephen King