It was on tour for that third novel upon its American publication in the spring of 1978 that Richard Wolinsky interviewed Richard Adams. Along the way, Adams became an advocate against the use of animal testing, which is the subject of his third novel, “The Plague Dogs.” He followed that with “Shardik,” a novel about a giant bear. After four failed attempts, a fifth try in 1972 found a publisher and “Watership Down” became an international best-seller and later a beloved classic fantasy. The daughters prompted him to turn the stories into a novel. Past the age of fifty and a life-long civil servant, Richard Adams began telling stories to his daughters about talking rabbits while on a car trip. Born in 1920, he served as a liaison officer during World War II, and later joined the civil service, rising to the rank of Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Housing. Richard Adams, the author of “Watership Down,” “Plague Dogs” “Shardik” and other novels, died on Christmas Eve, 2016 at the age of 96. Richard Adams (1920-2016) interviewed in 1978 by Richard Wolinsky. Richard Adams in the mid 1970s upon publication of Watership Down.
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