Ray Bradbury
The author whose story "I Sing the Body Electric" became the 100th Twilight Zone episode.
Ray Douglas Bradbury (22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951) and The October Country (1955). His short story "I Sing the Body Electric" was adapted as the 100th episode of The Twilight Zone. He features in Jason V Brock's documentary Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man, which covers his troubles with Rod Serling and his friendships with writers including Charles Beaumont and George Clayton Johnson.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Ray Douglas Bradbury
- Born
- 22 August 1920
- Birthplace
- Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 5 June 2012
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Westwood Memorial Park
- Occupation
- Writer
- Genre
- Fantasy
- science fiction
- horror fiction
- mystery fiction
- magic realism
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