Sherri Crichton, widow of “Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton, tapped author James Patterson to complete one of Michael's unfinished manuscripts. The story is titled 'Eruption.'
When 'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton died from cancer in 2008, he left behind numerous unfinished projects, including a manuscript he began 20 years ago about the imminent eruption of Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano. Crichton's widow Sherri, who is CEO of CrichtonSun, tapped another millions-selling author — James Patterson — to complete the story. 'Eruption' is now in stores. Patterson is very familiar with co-authoring.
When Michael died I was pregnant with our son. I was like, 'How am I going to raise our son with him not knowing his father?' So I had to go searching for Michael, and I found him through his papers, which is so remarkable. It gives me so much joy to bring things like 'Eruption' to life, because it really does allow John Michael the opportunity to really know his father. That’s why I do what I do. It’s for the love of him and Michael’s daughter Taylor.
The person I knew was this incredibly kind, loving, humble, wonderful man that was a great father and incredible husband and fun to be around. I will say he was famous for his pregnant pauses. When writing a book, the pauses would be longer. You didn’t know if he was really at the table. He was working something out and he would isolate to land that plane.
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