Ray+Bradbury+Bio



-Born in Waukegan, Illinois, August 22, 1920 -Edgar Burroughs was his favorite author. -Got interested in science fiction after being rejected from the military due to bad eyesight. -Always in the library, reading and writing, at a young age. -Was majorly influenced by Edger Allen Poe. -Married Marguerite McClure in 1947 -Has four children. -Graduated high school but never went to college even though he wrote Fahrenheit 451 at UCLA’s library.



-Never got a drivers license. -Has more than 500 published works (t.v. scripts, short stories, plays, etc.) -Received the National Medal of Arts in 2004 -Does not support modern technology. He has said "We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now." -Also wrote: Death Is a Lonely Business, Dark Carnival, One Timeless Spring, Falling Upward, Switch on the Night



Done by Whitley Martin