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In turn, this led to attending science fiction conventions from about 1963/4, which stopped when he got his first job. However, this led to an interest in reading British and American science fiction. His early interests included astronomy he collected Brooke Bond tea cards about space, owned a telescope and desired to be an astronomer, but was no good at mathematics. Pratchett described himself as a 'nondescript student', and in his Who's Who entry, credits his education to the Beaconsfield Public Library. He passed his eleven plus exam in 1959, earning him a place in a technical school (High Wycombe Technical High School).

Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England, the only child of David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. Pratchett died on 12th March 2015, aged 66. Pratchett was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire 'for services to literature' in 1998 he was knighted, 'for services to literature', in the 2009 New Year Honours list.

In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his children's novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.ĭespite his popularity, Pratchett is often described as having a ‘cult following’ - a factor seen as having, in the past, hindered his literary recognition. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s,Īnd as of December 2007 has sold more than 55 million books worldwide, Namely- Colour of Magic/Light fantastic, The Hogfather, and Going Postal. Pratchett was also known for close collaboration on adaptations of his books, and now has three of his books made into films. 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. He was best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 - 12th March 2015) was a British fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author.

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