Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 and is still not dead. He started work as a journalist one day in I968 and saw 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.

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Terry Pratchett lives in Wiltshire with his wife Lyn and daughter Rhianna. He says that writing is the most fun you anyone can have by themselves.All this came to an end in 1987 when it became obvious that writing 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 has also written a number of books for younger readers, including Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead (which was adapted for TV and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), Johnny and Bomb (also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal) and The Carpet People. Occasionally he gets accused of literature.