Terry Pratchett
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| - | '''Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett''', <!-- Terry is a Knight Bachelor, not a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, so he is a Sir, but his postnominals remain OBE, not KBE -->[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 28 April 1948) is an [[England|English]] author of [[fantasy novels]], especially [[comic fantasy|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 (Pratchett novel)|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. | + | |
| + | '''Sir Terence David John''' "'''Terry'''" '''Pratchett''', <!---Pratchett was a Knight Bachelor, not a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, so he is a "Sir", but his postnominals remain OBE, not KBE:--->[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of [[fantasy novels]], especially [[comic fantasy|comical works]]. | ||
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Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.
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