About the Author

Douglas Adams was born on March 1952 in Cambridge, England. He was educated at Essex and St. John's College, Cambridge and graduated with a Bachelors, and later a Masters, in English literature. He published many works but none as acclaimed as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The Hitchhiker's series brought him phenomenal success and he won three Golden Pans and nomination for Best of British Young Novelists award. He has sold over fifteen million books world wide and founded The Digital Village, a digital media and internet company. He directed a CD-ROM game called Starship Titanic and won a Codie and BAFTA-nomination. In May of 2001, he died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49. Prior to his death, he was working on the screenplay for a film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.