Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920. He is the son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. He lives today as an author, essayist, lecturer, playwright, and screenwriter (A Brief).
Bradbury spent his early childhood in Waukegan. In the years between 1926 and 1933 the family moved back and forth between Waukegan and Tucson, Arizona. His career began in 1931 when Bradbury began writing his own stories. Three years later, in 1934, the Bradbury family moved to Los Angeles, California. He attended Los Angeles High School and though he planned on becoming an actor, teachers encouraged him to become a writer. He graduated from high school in 1938 (A Brief).
His first piece of literature published was the short story Hollerbochen's Dilemma which was printed in 1938. …
