Was Ray Bradbury mentally ill and/or neurodivergent?

Although I didn't know him well, we were acquaintances and I published a minor work of his, a poem, in the 1980s. We also had some mutual friends so I heard a lot about him and his approach to life. I am aware of nothing that would lead anyone to conclude that he was either mentally ill or neurodivergent. read more

I would like to think that since he's gone we would judge him on the basis of his best, most visionary work. But no one should attribute his grouchiness to mental illness. read more

George Burns isn’t the only famous eye Bradbury caught. In 1947, an editor at Mademoiselle read Bradbury’s short story, “Homecoming,” about the only human boy in a family of supernatural beings. The editor decided to run the piece, and Bradbury won a place in the O. Henry Prize Stories for one of the best short stories of 1947. read more

Like many people from today’s society, the characters In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, are falsely diagnosed as mentally ill. Many people in society today are being misdiagnosed, which makes things difficult for doctors to treat a specific mental illness. read more