Author. Born Richard George Adams, he was best known for his best-selling novel "Watership Down". He attended Bradford College from 1933 to 1938. In 1938, he went to Worcester College, Oxford, to study Modern History. In July 1940, he was called up to join the British Army. He was posted to the Royal Army Service Corps and was selected for the Airborne Company, where he worked as a brigade liaison. He served in Palestine, Europe and the Far East but saw no direct action against either the Germans or the Japanese. After being released from the army in 1946, he returned to Worcester College to continue his studies for a further two years. He received a bachelor's degree in 1948 and five years later, earned his master's. In 1948, he joined the British Civil Service, rising to the rank of Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, later part of the Department of the Environment. It was during this period that he began writing fiction in his spare time. In 1972, after two years of writing down a story that he had first told to his two daughters during a long car trip years before, he had his first novel "Watership Down" published. The novel became a worldwide success and earned him several awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He followed this with numerous novels including "Shardik" (1974), "The Plague Dogs" (1977), "Maia" (1984), "Traveller" (1988), "Daniel" (2006). He continued to write into his nineties. He earned numerous honors and achievements throughout his writing career.
Author. Born Richard George Adams, he was best known for his best-selling novel "Watership Down". He attended Bradford College from 1933 to 1938. In 1938, he went to Worcester College, Oxford, to study Modern History. In July 1940, he was called up to join the British Army. He was posted to the Royal Army Service Corps and was selected for the Airborne Company, where he worked as a brigade liaison. He served in Palestine, Europe and the Far East but saw no direct action against either the Germans or the Japanese. After being released from the army in 1946, he returned to Worcester College to continue his studies for a further two years. He received a bachelor's degree in 1948 and five years later, earned his master's. In 1948, he joined the British Civil Service, rising to the rank of Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, later part of the Department of the Environment. It was during this period that he began writing fiction in his spare time. In 1972, after two years of writing down a story that he had first told to his two daughters during a long car trip years before, he had his first novel "Watership Down" published. The novel became a worldwide success and earned him several awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He followed this with numerous novels including "Shardik" (1974), "The Plague Dogs" (1977), "Maia" (1984), "Traveller" (1988), "Daniel" (2006). He continued to write into his nineties. He earned numerous honors and achievements throughout his writing career.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
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