Sam Weller is the author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, the first-ever biography of Ray Bradbury, which received the prestigious Society of Midland Authors award for best biography in 2005, and was short-listed for the Bram Stoker award in the best nonfiction category. The book was a Los Angeles Times best seller and was named a best book of the year by the Chicago Tribune, The Denver Rocky Mountain News, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.