Ray Bradbury (1923–2012) early found his métier in two forms, the short story and the thirty-minute radio drama. Three excellent literary mentors advised and worked with him when he was in his twenties—Catherine L. Moore (1911–1987) and Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) for the short story and Norman Corwin (1910–2011) for the thirty-minute radio drama. The associations with Moore and Brackett came first, and of those two gracious ladies Brackett probably did the most to help Bradbury gain mastery over his craft.
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