Ray Bradbury began writing at a very young age. When he started writing, he wrote poems and short stories. From there, his writings evolved into books and began publishing them. His childhood and experiences had a great influence on his stories. Ray Bradbury is a well-known science fiction author and has written many well-known stories about his life experiences; many reviewers have said his books are relevant. (biography.com) Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother's name was Esther and his father's name was Leonard. From the years 1926 to 1933, his family moved from Waukegan to Tucson, Arizona. When he was eleven, Ray began writing his own stories. During the Great Depression, he wrote on butcher paper. His family then moved to California in 1934. Ray's family lived in Tucson, Arizona in the years 1926-1927 and also in 1932-1933, they finally stayed in Los Angeles in 1934 when he had fourteen years old. about four blocks from the Uptown Theater on Western Avenue in Los Angeles. It's the home of MGM and Fox. He skated there and all over town. Bradbury was an avid reader and writer as a child. One of Bradbury's early influences was Edgar Allan Poe. When he was almost twelve years old, he began writing scary stories and said he tried to write like Edgar Allen Poe for almost eight years. He read a lot of comics and books of different genres. When he was young, he listened to the radio show Chandu the Magician. (biography.com) When he was growing up, he spent a lot of time at the Carnegie. He read books by many authors, but said his favorites were HG Wells, Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs. When he was later in his teens he read the middle of a paper...... scripts for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he also wrote an episode of The Twilight Zone and directed sixty-five episodes of the Ray Bradbury Theatre. .(salempress.com)Ray Bradbury's writings were more about fiction than science. What he wrote the most about humans, machines or robots, and what problems he thinks the human race will face later in life. He wanted readers to view his books and stories as simple fiction and not science fiction. He was, in most people's eyes, one of the greatest writers of all time. He was one of the most creative writers and inspired many new authors to write science fiction books. Without Ray Bradbury, I think science fiction books wouldn't be the same. He made people want to read more of his books every time he released a new book. His books are very good books and I encourage people to read them if they haven't already.