Pratchett was only 23 years old at the time. In the later years, Colin became Pratchett’s agent and his publisher. Peter’s co-director, Colin Smythe, read the manuscript and instantly saw potential in the young writer. While interviewing a local publisher named Peter Bander van Duren, Pratchett mentioned a novel he was working on, which was the draft of his first novel, The Carpet People. He wrote over 80 stories under the pseudonym Uncle Jim for the Children’s Circle section. Pratchett didn’t complete his education and left school in 1965 to work with Arthur Church, the editor of the Bucks Free Press. At age 13, Pratchett published his first story in school magazine The Technical Cygnet titled, Business Rivals. Who Is Terry Pratchett?īorn on April 28, 1948, in Buckinghamshire, England, Terry Pratchett was a gifted writer since he was young. He has over 85 million books sold worldwide and has been translated into 37 languages. Pratchett was the best-selling author in the 1990s. The Queen knighted him in 2009 for his services in literature. Here is the complete list of books published by Terry Pratchett, a fantasy novel author, satirist, and English humorist.
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