The Full Report on Author Ray Bradbury's Death 19.11K Emma Carmichael 06/06/12 10:41AM Filed to: rip rip ray bradbury News Top Ray Bradbury, the celebrated science fiction author who wrote Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, is dead at 91. io9's Meredith Woerner broke the news this morning after speaking to members of his family and has the full report. [io9]