Douglas Adams

Born:

11 March 1952

Died:

11 May 2001

Known for:

Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, Interstellar travel

Douglas Noël Adams (Cambridge, England, 11 March 1952 – Santa Barbara, California, 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a posthumously-released 2005 feature film. Douglas died unexpectedly of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.