Richard Adams

Richard Adams (May 9, 1920 - December 24, 2016) was an English author, writer of books like Watership Down and The Plague Dogs. Before serving in the British army during World War II, he had studied modern history at university. He had told the story of Watership Down originally as a story for his daughters while on a car trip, to which they ask if he can make it into a book. Adams agreed and started writing the story in 1966, taking two years to complete it.

A few years after Watership Down was published, he had become a full-time author and written works like The Plague Dogs, Shardik and Traveller.