Ray Bradbury is an 

American author best known for his highly imaginative short stories and novels that blend a poetic style, nostalgia for childhood, social criticism, and an awareness of the hazards of runaway technology.

He was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois and died in Los Angeles on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91.

                                  Ray Bradbury

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

                           Ray Bradbury

As a child, Bradbury loved horror films such as The Phantom of the Opera (1925); the books of L. Frank Baum and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. 

Bradbury often told of an encounter with a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932 as a notable influence. Wreathed in static electricity, Mr. Electrico touched the young Bradbury on the nose and said, “Live forever!” 

The next day, Bradbury returned to the carnival to ask Mr. Electrico’s advice on a magic trick. After Mr. Electrico introduced him to the other performers in the carnival, he told Bradbury that he was a reincarnation of his best friend who died in World War I. Bradbury later wrote, “a few days later I began to write, full-time. I have written every single day of my life since that day.

"If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it."

                                    Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury published his first short story in a fan magazine in 1938. 

In 1950, Bradbury published his first major work, The Martian Chronicles, which detailed the conflict between humans colonizing the red planet and the native Martians they encountered there. 

Television and comic book adaptations of Bradbury's short stories began to appear in 1951, introducing him to a wider audience.

"I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it."

                                    Ray Bradbury