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Reliving Interviews with Memorable Authors
Over the last 22 years, Eye on Books host Bill Thompson has done nearly nine thousand author interviews, talking with many of today's most cherished writers. From time to time we'll bring you one of those Eye on Books Classic interviews.
Douglas Adams
His fans dubbed him DNA -- Douglas Noel Adams. Born in 1952 in Cambridge, England, Adams became a radio and television writer after studying at St. John's College. But when his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was published in 1979, his career skyrocketed. (1987 interview)