Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams signing books at ApacheCon 2000
Born	(1952-03-11)11 March 1952 Cambridge, United Kingdom
Died	11 May 2001(2001-05-11) (aged 49) Montecito, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart attack
Nationality	English
Citizenship	English, American
Known for	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Notable work	Monty Python, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British writer. He is most famous for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Adams was born in Cambridge. When he was a few months old he moved to East London and a few years later to Brentwood, Essex. He originally received attention when he wrote for the popular TV shows Monty Python and Doctor Who in the 1970s. In 1978 he wrote a science-fiction radio series called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was later turned into a novel. In the early 1980s, it became a television series and in 2005 it became a movie produced by Disney. Adams also wrote several sequels for radio and as novels. He was also known for his humorous detective novels starring Dirk Gently, and for his efforts to conserve endangered species. He was an atheist. In 2001, Adams died of a heart attack while he was working out at the gym in Montecito, California, United States.