'Poet of the Pulps'
Ray Bradbury is an American icon. At the very least, millions have enjoyed reading The Martian Chronicles (1950), Fahrenheit 451 (1953), or Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962).
Add to your must-read list two recently released short story books by Bradbury: Summer Morning, Summer Night and We'll Always Have Paris. Both books include thoughtful tales that won’t make you lose sleep but which will make you think... and creep you out all at the same time.
Bradbury won the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award in year 2000. True fans are also sure to enjoy Sam Weller's Bradbury biography, The Bradbury Chronicles.