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By: Skylar Parks

Book Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Original date of publication: 1953 Part A.) The Author. Visit the reference section of a library. Drawing from at least two sources, share the life story of the author. Discuss how the author's life and circumstances may have influenced the novel. (Use your own words.) Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920. Ray Bradbury is an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Bradbury's first book that got published was "Hollerbochens Dilemma". Bradbury's most popular novel, was Fahrenheit 451, it was released in 1953. Ray Bradbury has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954. Bradbury was an imaginative child, and being the creative child he was he was prone to nightmares. I think the way he thought when he was a child is finally coming out and he is writing about his fantasies. Source: May, Keith M. Aldous......

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