Douglas Adams (Author) DOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He is best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He sold over 15 million books in the UK the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49. Mark Carwardine (Author) Zoologist MARK CARWARDINE is an active and outspoken conservationist award-winning writer TV- and radio - presenter widely published photographer magazine columnist and consultant. He presented the weekly programme Nature on BBC Radio 4 for many years and is co-presenter with Stephen Fry of the BBC-TV series Last Chance to See. The author of more than 50 books including several bestsellers he has been Chairman of prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition since 2005. . Language: English