Ray Bradbury Writer

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. He wrote and consulted on many screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and most notably, It Came from Outer Space, and many of his works have been adapted into comic books, television shows, and films.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Bradbury Ray Douglas (full name)
Birth date	August 22, 1920
Birth name	Raymond Douglas Bradbury
Birth place	Illinois , Waukegan Illinois
Nationality	Americans
Date of death	June 05, 2012
Place of death	California , Los Angeles

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Writer

Career start	1938
Career end	2012
award	Pulitzer Prize National Medal of Arts Daytime Emmy Award American Academy of Arts and Letters
genre	Horror fiction Science fiction Mystery fiction Social commentary Fantasy
notable work	Fahrenheit 451 The Martian Chronicles Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)