Ray Bradbury A biography on an author known as Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920. In his stories, Bradbury put together the intrigue of the changing technology with insight to social commentary. One his best known works was "The Martian Chronicles", a collection of interrelated stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars, those attracted readers of both young and old. In it Bradbury ... showed the strengths and weaknesses of human beings as they encountered a new world. Ray Bradbury grew up in Waukegan and in Los Angeles, where he founded a ma...

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