Magic of Terry Pratchett

The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the first full biography of Sir Terry Pratchett, Britain's best-selling living author, and has sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide. Journalist and Pratchett fan Marc Burrows delves into the back story of one of UK's most enduring and beloved authors, from his childhood in the Chiltern Hills to his time as a journalist and the journey that would take him via more than sixty best-selling books to an OBE, a knighthood, and national treasure status.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 18 August 2021
\n Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Best known for the Discworld series,his work has been translated into 37 languages,and performed as plays on every continent in the world,including Antarctica. Journalist,comedian and Pratchett fan Marc Burrows delves into the back story of one of UK s most enduring and beloved authors,from his childhood in the Chiltern Hills,to his time as a journalist,and the journey that would take him via more than sixty best-selling books to an OBE,a knighthood and national treasure status. The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the result of painstaking archival research alongside interviews with friends and contemporaries who knew the real man under the famous black hat,helping to piece together the full story of one of British literature s most remarkable and beloved figures for the very first time. Now disqualified on both counts. The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the first full biography of Sir Terry Pratchett ever written. Sir Terry was Britain s best-selling living author,and before his death in 2015 had sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide. AUTHOR: Marc Burrows is a London based writer,stand up comic and musician,writing regularly for The Guardian,Observer,Drowned in Sound,The Quietus and more. In 2014 he compiled and edited I Think I Can See Where You re Going Wrong,a collection of the funniest comments from the Guardian website,published by Faber and Faber. People got it for Christmas and read it on the loo,and he was happy with that. He has performed several one-man shows at the Edinburgh Fringe,the most recent of which,Mind Your Head. Best known for the Discworld series,his work has been translated into 37 languages,and performed as plays on every continent in the world,including Antarctica. Journalist,comedian and Pratchett fan Marc Burrows delves into the back story of one of UK s most enduring and beloved authors,from his childhood in the Chiltern Hills,to his time as a journalist,and the journey that would take him via more than sixty best-selling books to an OBE,a knighthood and national treasure status. The Magic Of Terry Pratchett is the result of painstaking archival research alongside interviews with friends and contemporaries who knew the real man under the famous black hat,helping to piece together the full story of one of British literature s most remarkable and beloved figures for the very first time. Now disqualified on both counts.

\n Weight: 512g\n
Dimension: 232 x 156 x 29 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781399000499\n \n