Lesson 6 The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Author Rod Serling is a leading television playwright(剧作 in the United States, best known for his science fiction (科幻小说)TV series, The Twilight Zone. He was good at using radio,television and films as tools of social criticism(批判社会). • Rod Serling is a leading television playwright (剧作 家) in the United States, best known for his science fiction (科幻小说) TV series, The Twilight Zone. Author Lesson 6 The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street He was good at using radio, television and films as tools of social criticism (批判社会)