Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (born April 28, 1948, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England—died March 12, 2015, near Salisbury, Wiltshire) was an English author, predominantly of humorous fantasy and science fiction, best known for his Discworld series. Pratchett was raised in Buckinghamshire, the son of an engineer and a secretary. He became enamoured with science fiction and fantasy at a young age and published his first story, “The Hades Business,” in a school magazine in 1961. The story was published...