My favorite author, Micheal Crichton, died on Tuesday, November 4th, after a battle with cancer. You can see the announcement on his web site.
I have many of his first edition novels, most of them in hardcover. I had plans to send them to him to get them autographed.
I was eagerly looking forward to his next novel, which I think was supposed to come out in December. I anticipate now that it will be postponed.