Jan 1, 2010

Fahrenheit 451 | About the Author

Raymond Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Leonard Spaulding and Esther Moberg Bradbury. He began his writing career while still a teen-ager, publishing Futuria Fantasia, a fan magazine. His first professional sale, the short story "Pendulum," appeared in the November 1941 edition of Super Science Stories.
After working as a newsboy from 1940 until 1943, Bradbury turned to a full-time writing career. During the 1940s, his work was published in several science-fiction magazines, including Weird Tales.

The 1950s and...