Mostly Harmless
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet.
Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, English literature
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He was creator of all the various manifestations of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*.

Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.