"We have normality, I repeat we have normality" This article is not part of the Hitchhikers' universe. It is about the real world. The people, places and events mentioned in it are all real.

Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. He has written for radio, television, and theatre, and has worked at various times as a hospital porter, barn builder, chicken-shed cleaner, bodyguard, radio producer and script editor of the notorious "Doctor Who" series.

Toward the end of his life, he was a sought-after lecturer on topics including technology and the environment. Since his death at the age of 49, he is still widely revered in science fiction and fantasy fandom circles.

Adams died of a heart attack at the age of 49 on Friday 11 May 2001, while working out at a private gym in Montecito, California.

On May 25th, two weeks after his untimely death, Towel Day was created in his honor: all you need to do is carry a towel and love Douglas Adams!