Adams, Douglas (Noël) (1952–2001)

English novelist and scriptwriter, author of a series of best-selling space-fiction books which began with The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (originally a radio serial in 1978 and published in 1979). He has also written the absurdist detective books Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and a non-fiction book about endangered species, Last Chance to See.