Ray Bradbury was an American author born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. He was the third son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. His family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1934, where he attended Los Angeles High School. Bradbury was an avid reader and writer from a young age, and he sold his first story, "Hollerbochen's Dilemma," to a magazine at the age of 18. Bradbury's best-known works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, is a dystopian novel set in a future where books are banned and "firemen" burn any that are found. The Martian Chronicles, published in 1950, is a collection of short stories about humans colonizing Mars. Something Wicked This Way Comes, published in 1962, is a dark fantasy novel about a traveling carnival that comes to a small town. Bradbury was also a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories, and his work often explored themes of nostalgia,
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