Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American writer. His most famous works are The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. He also wrote big collections of short stories such as "Driving Blind."

He was born in Waukegan, Illinois to a Swedish mother. He graduated from a high school in Los Angeles, California. Many of his works are based on real life, such as "Dandelion Wine," a book about growing up in small-town Illinois. His other work includes movies, and screenplays. He won many awards. He died in his Los Angeles home.^[1] He also wrote the short stories "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed" and "A Sound of Thunder."

Ray Bradbury Media

Bradbury as a senior in high school, 1938
Bradbury's "Undersea Guardians" was the cover story for the December 1944 issue of Amazing Stories
Ray Bradbury, wearing the medal of a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009.
Bradbury's headstone in May 2012, a month prior to his death
Bradbury's "The Golden Apples of the Sun" was published in the November 1953 issue of Planet Stories.
Photo of Ray Bradbury.
Scene from the 1953 film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, based on Bradbury's 1951 short story "The Fog Horn"
Ray Bradbury takes part in a symposium at Caltech with Arthur C. Clarke, journalist [[Walter S.
Bradbury receiving the National Medal of Arts in 2004 with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush