Sherri Crichton partnered with one of publishing's biggest superstars to bring the new bestseller “Eruption” to life The post How Michael Crichton’s Widow Unearthed a New Novel 16 Years ...

Michael Crichton’s widow Sherri Crichton, seen here with her late husband, spent years looking for the right author to collaborate on his unfinished manuscript.

16 years after Michael Crichton's death, his wife Sherri got his unfinished manuscript "Eruption" published, with some help from James Patterson.

Sherri and Michael Crichton in Hawaii in 2002. When author and director Michael Crichton died of cancer in 2008 at age 66, his widow Sherri was pregnant with their son, John Michael Todd Crichton.

For Sherri Crichton, the book and the possible movie are nothing short of a miraculous return of a man who she married in 2005 and abruptly lost while carrying their now 15-year-old son, John Michael.

Novelist Michael Crichton never talked much about his works in progress, says his widow Sherri Crichton. But she could sometimes pick up clues. “I knew of a volcano story,” Sherri Crichton ...

Novelist Michael Crichton never talked much about his works in progress, says his widow Sherri Crichton. But she could sometimes pick up clues. “I knew of a volcano story,” Sherri Crichton says. “That ...