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Biography
Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, and decided to become a journalist after his first short story, 'The Hades Business', was published in Science Fantasy magazine when he was fifteen years old. His first job was on the Bucks Free Press and he went on to work for various newspapers before becoming a publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1980. He became a full-time writer in 1987.
His first novel, The Carpet People (1971), a humorous fantasy, was followed by The Dark Side of the Sun (1976) and Strata (1981). 1983 saw the publication of The Colour of Magic, which became the first in a long series of Discworld novels. BBC Radio Four serialised The Colour of Magic and Equal Rites (1987)and these brought him great popularity. There are now more than 30 books in this series, set in a surreal world on the back of four elephants that stand on the shell of Great A'Tuin, the sky turtle. The Discworld series is popular world-wide and has led to the production of much related merchandise. Thud! (2005), features Sam Vimes, who has to get home each evening to read his son a picture book - Where's My Cow?. Where's My Cow?, published in 2005, alongside Thud!
Hailed as one of the greatest humorous satirists, Pratchett has also become one of the few writers to write across the adult/child divide. His book, Truckers (1989), was the first children's book to appear in British adult fiction best-seller lists.
Terry Pratchett has also written many novels for young readers, and the end-of-the-world novel Good Omens (1990) - in collaboration with Neil Gaiman. He has also written several short stories, some of which are on Discworld themes. His books have sold over thirty-five million copies worldwide and have been translated into over thirty languages. 'To say that Terry Pratchett is popular ...' writes Kate Saunders in the Sunday Express (2 June 1996), ' ... is like saying the Arctic Circle is a bit nippy.
He has been awarded three honorary degrees, in 1999 by the University of Warwick, in 2001 by the University of Portsmouth, and in 2003 by the University of Bath. In 1998, he was also awarded an OBE for services to Literature.
Terry Pratchett is involved with the Orang-Utan Foundation, and visited Borneo with a film-crew to make the documentary Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest for BBC Television. He lives with his family in Wiltshire. Buy Terry Pratchett books from Blackwells
Interview with Terry Pratchett on BBC Four- parts two and three below
Bibliography-
The Carpet People ? Colin Smythe, 1971
The Dark Side of the Sun ? Colin Smythe, 1976
Strata ? Colin Smythe, 1981
The Colour of Magic ? Colin Smythe, 1983
The Light Fantastic ? Colin Smythe, 1986
Equal Rites ? Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe, 1987
Mort ? Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe, 1987
Sourcery ? Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe, 1988
Wyrd Sisters ? Gollancz, 1988
Pyramids ? Gollancz, 1989
Truckers ? Doubleday, 1989
The Unadulterated Cat ? Gollancz, 1989
Guards!Guards! ? Gollancz, 1989
Diggers ? Doubleday, 1990
Good Omens ? (with N. Gaiman) ? Gollancz, 1990
Eric ? Gollancz, 1990
Wings ? Doubleday, 1990
Moving Pictures ? Gollancz, 1990
Reaper Man ? Gollancz, 1991
Witches Abroad ? Gollancz, 1991
Small Gods ? Gollancz, 1992
Only You Can Save Mankind ? Gollancz, 1992
Lords and Ladies ? Gollancz, 1992
Johnny and the Dead ? Doubleday, 1993
Men at Arms ? Gollancz, 1993
Soul Music ? Gollancz, 1994
The Discworld Companion ? (with Stephen Briggs, revised 1997; re-published as The New Discworld Companion; 2003) ? Gollancz, 1994
Interesting Times ? Gollancz, 1994
Maskerade ? Gollancz, 1995
Johnny and the Bomb ? Doubleday, 1996
Feet of Clay ? Gollancz, 1996
The Pratchett Portfolio ? (illustrated by Paul Kidby) ? Gollancz, 1996
Hogfather ? Gollancz, 1996
Jingo ? Gollancz, 1997
The Last Continent ? Doubleday, 1998
Carpe Jugulum ? Doubleday, 1998
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook ? (with recipes by Tina Hannan and Stephen Briggs, illustrated by Paul Kidby) ? Doubleday, 1999
The Fifth Elephant ? Doubleday, 1999
The Science of Discworld ? (with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen) ? Ebury Press, 1999
The Truth ? Doubleday, 2000
Thief of Time ? Doubleday, 2001
The Last Hero ? Gollancz, 2001
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents ? Doubleday, 2001
The Science of Discworld II: The Globe ? (with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen) ? Ebury Press, 2002
Night Watch ? Doubleday, 2002
The Wee Free Men ? Doubleday, 2003
Monstrous Regiment ? Doubleday, 2003
A Hat Full of Sky ? Doubleday, 2004
Going Postal ? Doubleday, 2004
Darwin's Watch: The Science of Discworld III ? (with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart) ? Ebury Press, 2005
Thud! ? Doubleday, 2005
Where's My Cow? ? Doubleday, 2005
Wintersmith ? Doubleday, 2006
Lu-tse's Year Book of Enlightenment ? (with Stephen Briggs) ? Gollancz, 2007
Making Money ? Doubleday, 2007
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay ? Gollancz, 2007
The Illustrated Wee Free Men ? (illustrated by Stephen Player) ? Doubleday, 2007
The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld ? Doubleday, 2007
Nation ? Doubleday, 2008
Sourcerty: The Illustrated Screenplay ? Gollancz, 2008
The Folklore of Discworld ? (with Jacqueline Simpson) ? Doubleday, 2008
Parts two and three of Terry Pratchett Interview
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