He began writing early in life, around age 12, and made a career out of it around age 23 or 24. When Bradbury graduated from high school in 1938, he couldn't afford it. he formally continued his education by attending a university or college, instead he went to the public library daily and educated himself by reading books. Bradbury married Marguerite "Maggie" McClure in 1947 and had four daughters named Susan (1949), Ramona (1951), Bettina (1955), and Alexandra (1958). (“Ray Bradbury Biography”). Over the course of his extensive writing career, Bradbury published over 30 books, nearly 600 short stories, numerous poems, essays, screenplays, and plays. Considering that Bradbury had such an aversion to television, it was interesting to learn that he wrote multiple screenplays. Bradbury's most famous, but still most controversial, novel is Fahrenheit 451. Over 60 years have passed since the novel was first published and it is still circulating in the academic world in middle schools, high schools and colleges. In addition to Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, he is still alive