Steven Spielberg's 1993 movie Jurassic Park was groundbreaking, with its best characters remaining icons today. That said, the movie and its sequel, The Lost World, were based on books by Michael ...

Best-selling writer who thrilled millions dies of cancer at 66. Author Michael Crichton at the Peninsula Hotel in New York in 2004. AP FILE PHOTO Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made ...

The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano. "The ...

A famous making-of story from Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park revolves around a scrapped raft scene, pulled from Michael Crichton's 1990 sci-fi novel. Alan Grant (played on the big screen by Sam ...

James Patterson has written around 200 books, often with famous co-authors ranging from President Bill Clinton to Dolly Parton.But his latest collaboration presented the perennial bestseller with a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — James Patterson is one of the most popular storytellers of our time. He has written more than 100 New York Times bestselling books featuring unforgettable characters and series, like ...

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, ...

Michael Crichton, 66, a writer and filmmaker whose enormously popular and entertaining novels such as "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain" explored the limits and consequences of science, and ...