1. About the Author (Write-up):
Born Terence David John Pratchett on April 28, 1948, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, Sir Terry Pratchett, was an English author, who predominantly wrote humorous fantasy and science fiction, and was best known for his Discworld series. He sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. His first ever novel was "The Carpet People", a humorous fantasy, which was published in 1971 by publisher Colin Smythe.
Sir Terry Pratchett worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, and wrote in his spare time. He switched in 1987 to full time writing. His first Discworld novel was "The Color of Magic", which was published in 1983.
He is also known for his non-Discworld book "Good Omens", which he created as a collaboration with Neil Gaiman, and got published in the year of 1990. It is a long-time bestseller, now sold by Harper's as paperback editions.
Pratchett won numerous literary awards, and was named an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to literature” in 1998, besides also acquiring honorary doctorates from the University of Warwick in 1999, the University of Portsmouth in 2001, the University of Bath in 2003, the University of Bristol in 2004, Buckinghamshire New University in 2008, the University of Dublin in 2008, Bradford University in 2009, the University of Winchester in 2009, and The Open University in 2013 for his contribution to Public Service. Besides, on 18 Feb, 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He was also awarded the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2010. He is well-known as one of the most significant contemporary English-language satirists. As of December 2007, Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and he passed away on 12th March 2015.
2. Collage:
Description:
The collage depicts some of my favorite books and novels published by Sir Pratchett.
In the middle is Sir Pratchett himself as a portrait, surrounded by his books and novels that I love, the one on the top left being "The Color of Magic", his first Discworld novel, which was published in 1983. Second from left on top, is another of my favourite Discworld novels " Guards! Guards!". Third from left on top, we have another favorite novel of mine, Mort, also from the Discworld series. The fourth novel on top, that is, at top right corner, is another of my favourites by Sir Terry Pratchett, also another of his Discworld series publications, "A Hat Full of Sky".
The leftmost novel in the bottom in the collage depicted here, is his first novel which was in collaboration with Neil Gaiman, and was also a non-discord book, and one of my favourites as well. It is "Good Omens", published by Harper's, and it was first released in the 1990s. The second from left in the bottom is yet another favorite Discworld novel of mine, "The Light Fantastic", and finally the last two books in order from left to right in the bottom of the collage are "Going Postal", a Discworld novel featuring a con artist, and a fraud, who is faced with the choice of facing punishment or fixing a postal service by getting the mail through despite different obstacles, as the protagonist, who is named as Moist von Lipwig, and "Equal Rites", a Discworld novel featuring the struggle between feminism and sorcery, or in a way also representing the feminine and masculine ways of life in contrast to each other.
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