![]() Now, the book Terry sadly couldn't finish has been written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the Pratchett literary estate. For Terry lived a life full of astonishing achievements: becoming one of the UK's bestselling and most beloved writers, winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood. But that's only part of the picture.īefore his untimely death, Terry was writing a memoir: the story of a boy who aged six was told by his teacher that he would never amount to anything and spent the rest of his life proving him wrong. ![]() The creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, Terry Pratchett was known and loved around the world for his hugely popular books, his smart satirical humour and the humanity of his campaign work. 'As frank, funny and unsentimental as anything its subject might have produced himself.' - MAIL ON SUNDAYĪt the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own. 'Spins magic from mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did.' - THE TELEGRAPH it is wonderful to have this closeup picture of the writer's working life.' - FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE, OBSERVER 'Sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully, intimate. It made me miss the real Terry.' - NEIL GAIMAN ![]() 'Always readable, illuminating and honest.
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