| Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 and is still not dead. He started
work as a journalist one day in 1965 andsaw his first corpse three hours
later, work experience meaning something in those days. After doing just
about every job it's possible to do in provincial journalism, except of
course covering Saturday afternoon football, he joined the Central Electricity
Generating Board and became press officer for four nuclear power stations.
He'd write a book about his experiences if he thought anyone would believe
it.
All this came to an end in 1987 when it became obvious that the Discworld
series was much more enjoyable than real work. Since then the books have
reached double figures and have a regular place in the bestseller lists.
He's also written books for children. Occasionally he gets accused of literature.
Terry Pratchett lives in somerset with his wife Lyn and daughter Rhianna.
He says writing is the most fun anyone can have by themselves. |
