Biography for
Terry Pratchett

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He attends so many book signings many fans joke that unsigned books are more valuable than signed ones.

He is an occasional poster to the usenet groups alt.fan.pratchett and alt.books.pratchett

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1998 for his services to literature.

His most popular books take place on the imaginary Discworld, a flat, circular planet which is carried through space by a giant turtle and four elephants.

His adult Discworld books do not usually feature chapters, but those aimed at younger readers (the Tiffany Achin series, and The Amazing Maurice) do. He has begun to use chapters in his adult novels; whether this will persist remains to be seen.

In March 2008, he announced that he has Posterior Cortical Atrophy, a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.

He donated £500,000 ($U1 million) to the research of Alzheimer's disease.

He is paying for the Alzheimer's drug Aricept because the NHS says he is too young to get it for free.

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Volume 170, pages 324-332. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.

Personal Quotes

[His response to a TIME magazine article crediting JK Rowling with reinventing the fantasy genre]: "Ever since The Lord of the Rings revitalized the genre, writers have played with it, reinvented it, subverted it and bent it to their times. It has also contained some of the very best, most accessible writing for children, by writers who seldom get the acknowledgment they deserve."

[His response to JK Rowling saying she wasn't aware that her Harry Potter books were fantasy until they were finished]: "I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, and hidden worlds would have given her a clue?"

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