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Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for the Discworld series of about 40 volumes. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. His latest Discworld book, Snuff, was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-audience novel since records began in the United Kingdom, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days.
Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and has sold over 70 million books worldwide in 37 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US.
Pratchett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children.
In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Subsequently he made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, and filmed a programme chronicling his experiences with the disease for the BBC.
Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England, the only child of David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. His family moved to Bridgwater, Somerset briefly in 1957, following which he passed his eleven plus exam in 1959, earning him a place in John Hampden Grammar School. Pratchett described himself as a "non-descript student", and in his Who's Who entry, credits his education to the Beaconsfield Public Library.
His early interests included astronomy; he collected Brooke Bond tea cards about space, owned a telescope and wanted to be an astronomer, but lacked the necessary mathematical skills. However, this led to an interest in reading British and American science fiction. In turn, this led to attending science fiction conventions from about 1963/4, which stopped when he got his first job a few years later. His early reading included the works of H. G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle and "every book you really ought to read" which he now regards as "getting an education".
Pratchett had his first breakthrough in 1968, when working as a journalist. He came to interview Peter Bander van Duren, co-director of a small publishing company. During the meeting, Pratchett mentioned he had written a manuscript, The Carpet People. Bander van Duren and his business partner, Colin Smythe (of Colin Smythe Ltd Publishers) published the book in 1971, with illustrations by Pratchett himself. The book received strong, if few reviews. The book was followed by the science fiction novels The Dark Side of the Sun, published in 1976, and Strata, published in 1981.
After various positions in journalism, in 1980 Pratchett became Press Officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board in an area which covered three nuclear power stations. He later joked that he had demonstrated "impeccable timing" by making this career change so soon after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania, U.S., and said he would "write a book about my experiences, if I thought anyone would believe it".
Terry Pratchett married his wife Lyn in 1968, and they moved to Rowberrow, Somerset in 1970. Their daughter Rhianna Pratchett, who is also a writer, was born there in 1976. In 1993 the family moved to a village north-west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, where they currently live. He lists his recreations as "writing, walking, computers, life". He describes himself as a humanist and is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. He is the patron of the Friends of High Wycombe Library.
Pratchett is well known for his penchant for wearing large, black fedora hats, as seen on the inside back covers of most of his books. His style has been described as "more that of urban cowboy than city gent."
Concern for the future of civilisation has prompted him to install five kilowatts of photovoltaic cells (for solar energy) at his house. In addition, his interest in astronomy since childhood has led him to build an observatory in his garden. An asteroid (127005 Pratchett) is named after him.
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Discworld Series
Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - Mort (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Sian Clifford)
Terry Pratchett - Sourcery (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - Pyramids (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Alfred Enoch)
Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw, Ben Aaronovitch)
Terry Pratchett - Eric (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jason Issacs)
Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Sian Clifford)
Terry Pratchett - Witches Abroad (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - Small Gods (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Andy Serkis)
Terry Pratchett - Lords And Ladies (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - Men At Arms (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - Soul Music (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Sian Clifford)
Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - Maskerade (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - Feet Of Clay (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - Hogfather (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Sian Clifford)
Terry Pratchett - Jingo (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - The Sea And Little Fishes (read by Kathryn Walker)
Terry Pratchett - Carpe Jugulum (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma)
Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - The Truth (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Mathew Baynton)
Terry Pratchett - Thief Of Time (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Sian Clifford)
Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Ariyon Bakare, Rob Wilkins)
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men (read by Bill Nighy, Indira Varma, Steven Cree)
Terry Pratchett - Monstrous Regiment (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Katherine Parkinson)
Terry Pratchett - A Hat Full Of Sky (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma, Steven Creee)
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal (read by Bill Nighy, Richard Coyle, Peter Serafinowicz)
Terry Pratchett - Thud! (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - Wintersmith (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma, Steven Cree)
Terry Pratchett - Making Money (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Richard Coyle)
Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Colin Morgan)
Terry Pratchett - I Shall Wear Midnight (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma, Steven Cree)
Terry Pratchett - Snuff (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw)
Terry Pratchett - The World Of Poo (read by Helen Atkinson-Wood)
Terry Pratchett - Raising Steam (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Richard Coyle)
Terry Pratchett - Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook (read by Penelope Keith, Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Shepherd's Crown (read by Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Indira Varma, Steven Cree)
Terry Pratchett - A Blink Of The Screen (read by Penelope Keith, Michael Fenton Stevens)
The Long Earth Series / with Stephen Baxter
Terry Pratchett - The Long Earth (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Long War (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Long Mars (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Long Utopia (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Long Cosmos (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Bromeliad Trilogy
Terry Pratchett - Truckers (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Diggers (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Wings (read by Stephen Briggs)
Johnny Maxwell Series
Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind (read by Richard Mitchley)
Terry Pratchett - Johnny And The Dead (read by Richard Mitchley)
Terry Pratchett - Johnny And The Bomb (read by Richard Mitchley)
Science of Discworld Series / with Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld (read by Stephen Briggs, Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe (read by Stephen Briggs, Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (read by Stephen Briggs, Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Folklore Of Discworld (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (read by Stephen Briggs, Michael Fenton Stevens)
Children's Circle Stories Series
Terry Pratchett - Dragons At Crumbling Castle (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt)
Terry Pratchett - The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt)
Terry Pratchett - Father Christmas's Fake Beard (read by Julian Rhind-Tutt)
Terry Pratchett - The Time-Travelling Caveman (read by Ben Bailey Smith)
Non-Series
Terry Pratchett - Terry Pratchett In His Own Words (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - The Carpet People (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Dark Side Of The Sun (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Strata (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Good Omens (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Nation (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - Dodger (read by Stephen Briggs)
Terry Pratchett - A Slip Of The Keyboard (read by Michael Fenton Stevens)
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