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Michael Crichton(1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novelsThe Terminal Man,The Great Train Robbery,Jurassic Park, Sphere,Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear,Next andDragon Teeth,among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directedWestworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway,Looker,Comaand created the hit television seriesER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilsonis a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypseand its sequelRobogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote theEarth 2: Societycomic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.

Richard Preston is an internationally acclaimed bestselling author of eight books, including The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees. He has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Physics Award and the National Magazine Award, and he is the only person not a medical doctor ever to receive the Centers for Disease Control’s Champion of Prevention Award for public health. He lives with his wife and three children near Princeton, New Jersey.