Book report form - "Life, The Universe and Everything"
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About the author
Douglas Noël Adams was and English writer (11 March 1952 11 May 2001). He borned in
Cambridge. When he was five years old, his parents got divorced and he moved to Bretnwood
with his mother and sister. From 1959 until 1970 he studied at Brentwood School in Essex. In
1974 he decided to become a writer. But nothing didn't bring him success. He worked with
Graham Chapman, John Lloyd, but mos of his projects fell flat.
In 1977 he met Simon Brett from Radio 4 and they produced a radio show there. It was the
birth of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". He even wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy" into the novel in 1979