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Even after his kids grew older and no longer thought it was cool to go trick-or-treating, Bradbury still dressed up for the holiday and enjoyed trick-or-treating all the same.

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He won the following awards:

Henry Prize (1947 and 1948), the Benjamin Franklin Award (1953-54), the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (1977), the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award (1985).

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Ray was good friends with Walt Disney.

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Some of the most important and awarded books are:

1. Fahrenheit 451: In a future society where books are forbidden, Guy Montag, a “fireman” whose job is the burning of books, takes a book and is seduced by reading(1951)

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2. Dandelion Wine: a summer in the life of a twelve year old boy as he comes to understand what it means to be alive. (1957)

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Ray Bradbury is an American author 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.

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3. The Martian Chronicles: a series of short stories, depicts Earth's colonization of Mars, which leads to the extinction of an idyllic Martian civilization(May 4, 1950)

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Not only was Bradbury highly creative with language—he was also an exceptional visual artist. Bradbury remembered his earlier Halloween Tree painting and decided to write his own history of Halloween around this concept. The Halloween Tree became one of his best-known works.

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That same year, he married Marguerite "Maggie" McClure, whom he met while she was working as a clerk at a bookstore. McClure was the breadwinner in the early days of their marriage, supporting Bradbury as he worked on his writing for little to no pay. The couple had four daughters, Susan (1949), Ramona (1951), Bettina (1955) and Alexandra (1958).

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After graduation from high school in 1938, Bradbury couldn't afford to go to college, so he went to the local library instead.

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4. The Illustrated Man:The Illustrated Man is a collection of short stories, many that take up from the The Martian Chronicles with his fascination with Mars as an alternate reality, loosely connected with a centerpiece of a tattooed carnival worker whose body art moves and shifts and tells stories. (1951)

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Ray Bradbury won many awards in his career, most notably four major awards, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1954, a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994, a National Medal of Arts in 2004, and a Pulitzer Citation in 2007.

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His singular achievement in this genre is rooted in the imaginative originality of his works, his gift for language, his insights into the human condition, and his commitment to the freedom of the individual.

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Ray Bradbury was 25 years old before he ever asked a girl out.

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Ray Bradbury scored his first writing gig when he was still a teen.

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Ray Bradbury didn't go to college.

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Ray Bradbury – audio books, best sellers, author bio. Audible.com. (n.d.). https://www.audible.com/author/Ray-Bradbury/B000AQ1HW4#:~:text=His%20groundbreaking%20works%20include%20Fahrenheit,Something%20Wicked%20This%20Way%20Comes. (15)

Ray Bradbury – audio books, best sellers, author bio. Audible.com. (n.d.). https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52385/10-things-you-should-know-about-ray-bradbury.(1)

Ray Bradbury awards. sfadb. (n.d.). https://www.sfadb.com/Ray_Bradbury (12)

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2024c, August 18). Ray Bradbury. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ray-Bradbury

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