Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was the author of more than three dozen books, including
Fahrenheit 451
,
The Martian Chronicles
,
The Illustrated Man
, and
Something Wicked This Way Comes
, as well as hundreds of short stories. He wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV, including the screenplay for John Huston's
Moby Dick
and the Emmy Award-winning teleplay
The Halloween Tree
, and adapted for television sixty-five of his stories for
The Ray Bradbury Theater
. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and numerous other honors.
