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Terry Pratchett

28 April 1948 - 12 March 2015

Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. 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.

Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages.

He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

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The Colour of Magic
22 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow
Small Gods: a novel of Discworld
20 editions - first published in 1992 DAISY
Lords and Ladies
19 editions - first published in 1992 DAISY
Mort
19 editions - first published in 1987 DAISY
The Light Fantastic
18 editions - first published in 1986 DAISY
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
18 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow
Interesting Times
18 editions - first published in 1994 DAISY
Sourcery
17 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow
Soul Music
16 editions - first published in 1994 DAISY
Equal Rites
16 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
Thief of time
15 editions - first published in 2001 DAISY
The Truth
15 editions - first published in 1995 DAISY
Wyrd Sisters
15 editions - first published in 1988
Maskerade
14 editions - first published in 1995 DAISY
Monstrous Regiment
14 editions - first published in 2003 DAISY
Witches Abroad
14 editions - first published in 1991 DAISY
Moving Pictures
14 editions - first published in 1990 DAISY
Wintersmith
13 editions - first published in 2006 DAISY
Pyramids
13 editions - first published in 1989 DAISY
Jingo
13 editions - first published in 1997 DAISY
Reaper Man
13 editions - first published in 1991 Borrow
Guards! Guards!
12 editions - first published in 1989 DAISY
Men at Arms
12 editions - first published in 1993 DAISY
Feet of Clay
12 editions - first published in 1996 DAISY
Making Money
11 editions - first published in 2007 DAISY
Only you can save mankind
10 editions - first published in 1992 DAISY
Johnny and the Dead
10 editions - first published in 1994 DAISY
Thud!
10 editions - first published in 2005 Borrow
The Carpet People
10 editions - first published in 1971
Carpe Jugulum
10 editions - first published in 1998 DAISY
The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld
9 editions - first published in 2003 DAISY
The Last Continent
9 editions - first published in 1998 DAISY
Unseen Academicals: a novel of Discworld
9 editions - first published in 2009 DAISY
Strata
9 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow
Truckers
9 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow
Eric
8 editions - first published in 1990 DAISY
The Last Hero: a Discworld fable
8 editions - first published in 2001 DAISY
The Bromeliad Trilogy
8 editions - first published in 1998 DAISY
The fifth elephant: a novel of Discworld
8 editions - first published in 2000 Borrow
The color of magic: a Discworld novel
8 editions - first published in 2000 DAISY
The Science of Discworld
7 editions - first published in 1999
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
7 editions - first published in 2001 DAISY
Night Watch
7 editions - first published in 2002 DAISY
Going Postal: a novel of Discworld
7 editions - first published in 2004 DAISY
Nation
7 editions - first published in 2008 DAISY
Wings
7 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow
Johnny and the Bomb
6 editions - first published in 1996 DAISY
Hogfather: a novel of Discworld
6 editions - first published in 1997 DAISY
Diggers
6 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow
The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld
5 editions - first published in 2007
A hat full of sky: a story of Discworld
5 editions - first published in 2004 DAISY
Where's My Cow?
5 editions - first published in 2005 DAISY
The unadulterated cat: a campaign for real cats
5 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow
The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
4 editions - first published in 2002
Going Postal
4 editions - first published in 2004
Eric
3 editions - first published in 1995
Thud!
3 editions - first published in 2005
Making Money CD
3 editions - first published in 2007
The Illustrated Wee Free Men
3 editions - first published in 2007
I Shall Wear Midnight
3 editions - first published in 2010 DAISY
The Art of Discworld
3 editions - first published in 2004
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
3 editions - first published in 2005 DAISY
Wyrd Sisters
2 editions - first published in 1996
The Discworld companion
2 editions - first published in 1995
Pyramids
2 editions - first published in 1989 Read
Death's Domain: A Discworld Map (Discworld Series)
2 editions - first published in 1999
Brujerías
2 editions - first published in 1999
Johnny and the Bomb (Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, 3.)
2 editions - first published in 2007
Va-t-en-guerre
2 editions - first published in 2003
Johnny and the Dead
2 editions - first published in 2007
The Illustrated Hogfather Screenplay
2 editions - first published in 2007
The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy: Only You Can Save Mankind; Johnny and the Dead; Johnny and the Bomb
2 editions - first published in 1997
Trucker / Wühler / Flügel. Die Nomen- Trilogie
2 editions - first published in 1996
Soul Music
2 editions - first published in 1997
Strata
2 editions - first published in 1983
Guards! Guards!
2 editions - first published in 2000
Dioses Menores / Small Gods: Una Novela De Mundodisco / A Discworld Novel
2 editions - first published in 2002
Monstrous Regiment
2 editions - first published in 2004
Reaper Man
2 editions - first published in 1992
Terry Pratchett Discworld Two-Book Set: Witches Abroad and Reaper Man
2 editions - first published in 2002
Mort
2 editions - first published in 1989
The Bromeliad
2 editions - first published in 1998
The Discworld Calendar (Gollancz)
2 editions - first published in 2001
La huitième couleur
2 editions - first published in 1997
Thud! A Novel of Discworld
2 editions - first published in 2005 DAISY
Ved'my za granitsej
2 editions - first published in 2001
Nogi iz gliny
2 editions - first published in 2005
Poslednij kontinent
2 editions - first published in 2005
Truckers
2 editions - first published in 2004
The Colour of Magic
2 editions - first published in 1985
Interesting Times
2 editions - first published in 1999
Hogfather
2 editions - first published in 2000
The long earth
2 editions - first published in 2012
The New Discworld Companion (Gollancz)
2 editions - first published in 2003 DAISY
Johnny and the Bomb
2 editions - first published in 2007
Feet of Clay
2 editions - first published in 1996
Moving Pictures
2 editions - first published in 1998
Le Huitième Sortilège
2 editions - first published in 1993
Snuff
2 editions - first published in 2011
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Gollancz)
2 editions - first published in 2006

Places

Ankh-Morpork, Discworld (Imaginary place), Ankh Morpork, Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork (Imaginary place), Discworld, England, Great Britain, Koom Valley, Lancre (Imaginary place), London, London (England), Lower Tadfield, Madison, Manchester, Slough, The Ramtops, UK in general, the Mended Drum

Time

1990-, 19th century, 2040, 2045, 2052, Discworld, Victoria, 1837-1901

Links (outside Open Library)

Alternative names

Terence David John Pratchett
Terri Pratchett
Pratchett.

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March 31, 2017	Edited by Clean Up Bot	add VIAF and wikidata ID
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March 26, 2011	Edited by Karen Coyle	merge authors
August 24, 2010	Edited by Markus Bonnevier	merge authors
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

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