Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury is an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. He has worked in the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Literary and Mystery genres.

Ray Bradbury has been a full-time writer since 1941. His first short story collection was published in 1947. He has written a dozen novels, including Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, both of which are required reading in many American high schools. His numerous short stories have been collected in nearly fifty books. His screenplay credits include Moby Dick, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and a number of episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone.

1. National Medal of Arts (2004)
2. World Fantasy Life Achievement Award
3. The SFWA Grand Master Award

1. Asteroid 9766 Bradbury
2. Moon Crater: Dandelion Crater

• 1920: Born on August 22 in Waukegan, Illinois

• 1934: Moved to Los Angeles, California

• 1947: Married Maggie McClure

• 1947: Published first collection of short stories, Dark Carnival

• 1950: Published Martian Chronicles

• 1953: Published Fahrenheit 451

• 1962: Published Something Wicked This Way Comes

• 1985-1992: Hosted The Ray Bradbury Theater

• 2003: Wife Maggie passed away

• 2004: Received National Medal of Arts

• Monarch Films: Ray Bradbury: Dancing Among the Muses

• American Film Foundation: Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer

• Amazon.com: Bradbury: The Life of Fiction

• Amazon.com: The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury

• Amazon.com: Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars

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